Comparative Study of Lingual Papillae, Lingual Glands and Lyssa of the Tongue of Selected Wild Felids (Carnivora, Felidae) in Biological Aspects

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/4/516" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/4/516</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12040516" target="_blank" >10.3390/biology12040516</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparative Study of Lingual Papillae, Lingual Glands and Lyssa of the Tongue of Selected Wild Felids (Carnivora, Felidae) in Biological Aspects

Original language description

Simple Summary The aim of this study was detailed analyses of the lingual surface, lingual glands and lyssa of the four wild species of Felidae. Macroscopic analysis and stereoscopy were used for the general description of the studied tongues. Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used for detailed analysis of the lingual papillae and lingual glands structure. The intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue were not analyzed in the present study. In all four species of wild felids, typical mechanical lingual papillae were present. Fungiform and vallate papillae were also observed. The main difference was in the foliate papillae area. Histochemical analysis of the lingual glands showed the dominance of mucous secretion in all four wild species of Felidae. The obtained results broaden the anatomical knowledge regarding the similarities and differences of the papillae on the surface of the tongue as well as the lingual glands in biological aspects. Additionally, since the lyssa was characterized in the following study, this may be an introduction to the further comparative analysis of this interesting structure. Although much attention has been paid in the literature to the morphology of the tongue in various animal species, including some Felidae, it has not yet been described in detail in the vulnerable Neofelis nebulosa and Panthera leo bleyenberghi and the last concern Lynx lynx and Otocolobus manul. Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize the features of the tongue surface, lingual glands and lyssa in the above-mentioned four selected wild species of the Pantherinae and Felinae subfamilies. Macroscopic, histological, histochemical and ultrastructural analyzes were used in the present work. Comparative analyzes of the dorsal tongue surface showed the presence of mechanical lingual papillae on five subtypes of filiform papillae on the apex and body and conical papillae on the root of the tongue. Gustatory papillae in the four analyzed species were fungiform papillae and various numbers of vallate papillae. Foliate papillae were absent in P. leo bleyenberghi and L. lynx, while delicate smooth folds, which were separated by parallel grooves but without taste buds, were present in N. nebulosa. The vallate and foliate papillae were accompanied by lingual glands, which produced a serous secretion, whereas the mixed lingual glands of the lingual root were with a predominance of mucus secretions comparable to four captive Felidae species. In the median plane on the ventral surface of the apex under its epithelium and within the muscle fibers, the lyssa was also observed to a varying degree, with the least developed, and thought about the size of the entire tongue, was in P. leo bleyenberghi. The lyssa structure in the four species was dominated by adipose tissue. The obtained results contribute knowledge concerning the functional anatomy of the tongue in four selected Felidae species, especially in terms of comparative anatomy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BIOLOGY-BASEL

ISSN

2079-7737

e-ISSN

2079-7737

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

30

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000977110600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85154028526