Original article : anatomy atlas

3D atlas and comparative osteology of the middle ear ossicles among Eulipotyphla (Mammalia, Placentalia).

Daisuke Koyabu

Cite this article: Koyabu D., 2017. 3D atlas and comparative osteology of the middle ear ossicles among Eulipotyphla (Mammalia, Placentalia). MorphoMuseuM 3 (2)-e3. doi: 10.18563/m3.3.2.e3

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Abstract

Considerable morphological variations are found in the middle ear among mammals. Here I present a three-dimensional atlas of the middle ear ossicles of eulipotyphlan mammals. This group has radiated into various environments as terrestrial, aquatic, and subterranean habitats independently in multiple lineages. Therefore, eulipotyphlans are an ideal group to explore the form-function relationship of the middle ear ossicles. This comparative atlas of hedgehogs, true shrews, water shrews, mole shrews, true moles, and shrew moles encourages future studies of the middle ear morphology of this diverse group.
  

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Erinaceus europaeus DK2331 View specimen

M3#151_DK2331 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.151 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#151_DK2331. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.151

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Anourosorex yamashinai SIK_yamashinai View specimen

M3#152_SIK_yamashinai Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.152 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#152_SIK_yamashinai. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.152

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Blarina brevicauda M8003 View specimen

M3#153_M8003 Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.153 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#153_M8003. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.153

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Chimarrogale platycephala DK5481 View specimen

M3#162_DK5481 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.162 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#162_DK5481. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.162

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Suncus murinus DK1227 View specimen

M3#155_DK1227 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.155 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#155_DK1227. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.155

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Condylura cristata SIK0050 View specimen

M3#156_SIK0050 Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.156 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#156_SIK0050. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.156

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Euroscaptor klossi SIK0673 View specimen

M3#163_SIK0673 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.163 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#163_SIK0673. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.163

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Euroscaptor malayana SIK_malayana View specimen

M3#164_SIK_malayana Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.164 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#164_SIK_malayana. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.164

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Mogera wogura DK2551 View specimen

M3#159_DK2551 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.159 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#159_DK2551. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.159

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Talpa altaica SIK_altaica View specimen

M3#161_SIK_altaica Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.161 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#161_SIK_altaica. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.161

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Urotrichus talpoides DK0887 View specimen

M3#165_DK0887 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.165 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#165_DK0887. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.165

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Oreoscaptor mizura DK6545 View specimen

M3#166_DK6545 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.166 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#166_DK6545. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.166

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Scalopus aquaticus SIK_aquaticus View specimen

M3#167_SIK_aquaticus Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.167 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#167_SIK_aquaticus. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.167

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Scapanus orarius SIK_orarius View specimen

M3#168_SIK_orarius Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.168 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#168_SIK_orarius. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.168

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Neurotrichus gibbsii SIK_gibbsii View specimen

M3#169_SIK_gibbsii Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" 3D view: doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.169 Data citation: Koyabu D., 2017. M3#169_SIK_gibbsii. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.169

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