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- A toothcomb (also called a tooth comb or dental comb) is a dental structure found in some mammals, comprising a group of front teeth arranged in a manner...38 KB (4,464 words) - 19:00, 22 May 2024
- obtain it from their diets. Lemuriform primates are characterized by a toothcomb, a specialized set of teeth in the front, lower part of the mouth mostly...82 KB (8,540 words) - 21:02, 26 July 2024
- Adapiforms, however, lack a specialized arrangement of teeth, known as a toothcomb, which nearly all living strepsirrhines possess. A more recent hypothesis...175 KB (18,672 words) - 09:08, 28 August 2024
- infraorder, Lorisiformes. Lemuriform primates are characterized by a toothcomb, a specialized set of teeth in the front, lower part of the mouth mostly...17 KB (1,448 words) - 07:34, 7 April 2024
- They are medium- to large-sized lemurs, with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six. Indriids, like all lemurs, live exclusively...6 KB (618 words) - 23:20, 28 November 2023
- Lorises, like most strepsirrhines, have a special adaptation called a "toothcomb" in their lower front teeth, which they use for grooming their fur and...6 KB (540 words) - 21:29, 27 May 2024
- been reanalysed as "fine toothcomb" and then shortened to "toothcomb", or changed into forms such as "the finest of toothcombs". An Afro pick is a type...19 KB (1,852 words) - 20:49, 6 July 2024
- popular taxonomy that clumps the clade of toothcombed primates into one infraorder and the extinct, non-toothcombed adapiforms into another, both within the...161 KB (16,524 words) - 05:32, 28 August 2024
- procumbent, form a structure called a toothcomb, a trait unique to nearly all strepsirrhine primates. The toothcomb is used during oral grooming, which...82 KB (8,895 words) - 18:42, 17 August 2024
- differences. Most noticeably, adapiforms lack a key derived trait, the toothcomb, and possibly the toilet-claw, found not only in extant (living) strepsirrhines...60 KB (6,391 words) - 13:20, 28 June 2024
- lemuriforms, it is thought to be used to remove hair and other debris from the toothcomb, a specialized dental structure used to comb the fur during oral grooming...17 KB (1,758 words) - 10:12, 14 January 2023
- down and face outwards), forming a toothcomb, which is used for personal and social grooming and feeding. The toothcomb is kept clean by the sublingua or...105 KB (10,578 words) - 04:36, 26 August 2024
- anatomical specializations characteristic of living strepsirrhines, such as a toothcomb, a toilet-claw on the second pedal digit, and a reduction in the size...3 KB (281 words) - 08:25, 7 April 2024
- Malagasy genus and its toothcomb was shorter and broader. More recently, the structure and general presence of the toothcomb in Bugtilemur has been questioned...4 KB (370 words) - 23:47, 3 March 2023
- through morphologically distinct dentition in the form of an adapted toothcomb. In the wild envenomation occurs from intraspecific competition; whereby...30 KB (3,587 words) - 10:42, 3 August 2024
- adaptations for grooming, including a toilet-claw on its second toe and a toothcomb. Sifakas move by vertical clinging and leaping, meaning they maintain...12 KB (1,038 words) - 21:12, 12 August 2024
- elbows. The teeth in its lower jaw form a comb-like structure called a toothcomb that is used for scraping resin from tree bark. The pygmy slow loris mates...66 KB (7,188 words) - 17:12, 23 August 2024
- has a special dental arrangement on the front lower jaw similar to the toothcomb seen in strepsirrhine primates, which is used during allogrooming to comb...48 KB (5,270 words) - 18:26, 9 August 2024
- branches firmly. Like other strepsirrhines the potto has a moist nose, toothcomb, and a toilet claw on the second toe of the hind legs. In the hands and...19 KB (1,813 words) - 17:09, 28 July 2024
- sometimes hidden by their long fur. They groom themselves using their toothcomb.[citation needed] As their name would suggest, they have a rust-coloured...11 KB (1,341 words) - 03:24, 7 November 2023
- is derived from fine toothcomb, a rebracketing of fine-tooth comb. The verb is derived from the noun. toothcomb (plural toothcombs) (British, chiefly figurative
- London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown). Sir John, who plays but a toothcomb in the orchestra of this historical romance, blows in his own book the
- Impossible! I've worked on it for thirty years! Went over with the finest toothcombs! Louie: According to this, Scrooge can be with his family as long as he