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The Development of the Auditory Ossicles in the Elephant Shrew, the Tenrec and the Golden Mole
Author(s) -
Findlay G. H.
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1944.tb00215.x
Subject(s) - ossicles , middle ear , shrew , biology , anatomy , zoology
Summary.1 The development of the middle ear is described in Eremitalpa, Elephantulus and Ericulus. The structure in Eremitalpa is fundamentally more primitive and quite distinct from that seen in Ericulus.2 The interossicular joints are in some cases clearly incapable of movement. 3 Evidence is brought forward for the view that the manubrium mallei and the element of Spence represent the insertion and horizontal portions respectively of the reptilian extrastapes,