- 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...
-
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...
- Adapiforms, however, lack a
specialized arrangement of teeth,
known as a
toothcomb,
which nearly all
living strepsirrhines possess. A more
recent hypothesis...
- 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...
- infraorder, Lorisiformes.
Lemuriform primates are
characterized by a
toothcomb, a
specialized set of
teeth in the front,
lower part of the
mouth mostly...
- 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...
- 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...
- Lorises, like most strepsirrhines, have a
special adaptation called a "
toothcomb" in
their lower front teeth,
which they use for
grooming their fur and...
- po****r
taxonomy that
clumps the
clade of
toothcombed primates into one
infraorder and the extinct, non-
toothcombed adapiforms into another, both
within the...
- differences. Most noticeably,
adapiforms lack a key
derived trait, the
toothcomb, and
possibly the toilet-claw,
found not only in
extant (living) strepsirrhines...
