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Volume 213 Issue 8, 27 October 2012

WILDLIFE SERIES: RING-TAILED LEMURS

The cover images in volume 213 of the journal all feature mouths and teeth from different members of the animal kingdom. Ring-tailed lemurs grace the cover of this issue of the journal. On each side of the jaw ring-tailed lemurs have two incisors, one canine tooth, three premolars, and three molar teeth on each side of the jaw. Their incisors and canines together form a toothcomb structure used during oral grooming, which involves licking and tooth-scraping. It may also be used for grasping small fruits and removing leaves from the stem when eating. The toothcomb is kept clean using a sublingual organ: a thin, flat, fibrous plate that covers a large part of the base of the tongue.

Photograph by Sharif Islam

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