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

Daisuke Koyabu

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.
  

Erinaceus europaeus DK2331 View specimen

M3#151 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.151   state:published

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Anourosorex yamashinai SIK_yamashinai View specimen

M3#152 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.152   state:published

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Blarina brevicauda M8003 View specimen

M3#153 Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.153   state:published

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Chimarrogale platycephala DK5481 View specimen

M3#162 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.162   state:published

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Suncus murinus DK1227 View specimen

M3#155 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.155   state:published

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Condylura cristata SIK0050 View specimen

M3#156 Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.156   state:published

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Euroscaptor klossi SIK0673 View specimen

M3#163 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.163   state:published

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Euroscaptor malayana SIK_malayana View specimen

M3#164 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.164   state:published

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Mogera wogura DK2551 View specimen

M3#159 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.159   state:published

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Talpa altaica SIK_altaica View specimen

M3#161 Right middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.161   state:published

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Urotrichus talpoides DK0887 View specimen

M3#165 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.165   state:published

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Oreoscaptor mizura DK6545 View specimen

M3#166 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.166   state:published

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Scalopus aquaticus SIK_aquaticus View specimen

M3#167 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.167   state:published

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Scapanus orarius SIK_orarius View specimen

M3#168 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.168   state:published

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Neurotrichus gibbsii SIK_gibbsii View specimen

M3#169 Left middle ear ossicles Type: "3D_surfaces" doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.169   state:published

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