- 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...
- infraorder, Lorisiformes.
Lemuriform primates are
characterized by a
toothcomb, a
specialized set of
teeth in the front,
lower part of the
mouth mostly...
- pro****bent, form a
structure called a
toothcomb, a
trait unique to
nearly all
strepsirrhine primates. The
toothcomb is used
during oral grooming, which...
- Lorises, like most strepsirrhines, have a
special adaptation called a "
toothcomb" in
their lower front teeth,
which they use for
grooming their fur and...
- 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...
- differences. Most noticeably,
adapiforms lack a key
derived trait, the
toothcomb, and
possibly the toilet-claw,
found not only in
extant (living) strepsirrhines...
- po****r
taxonomy that
clumps the
clade of
toothcombed primates into one
infraorder and the extinct, non-
toothcombed adapiforms into another, both
within the...
- 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...
