On the milk tusks, and organ of hearing of the dugong
The skull upon which the following observations were made, was sent to the author from Sumatra by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, and is the only perfect specimen in Europe. The milk tusks were first examined; and as their points only were visible, one of the bony canals in which the tusk is contained...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspl.1815.0125 2024-06-02T08:10:31+00:00 On the milk tusks, and organ of hearing of the dugong 1833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0125 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1815.0125 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London volume 2, page 126-127 ISSN 0365-5695 2053-9142 journal-article 1833 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1815.0125 2024-05-07T14:16:29Z The skull upon which the following observations were made, was sent to the author from Sumatra by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, and is the only perfect specimen in Europe. The milk tusks were first examined; and as their points only were visible, one of the bony canals in which the tusk is contained was laid open: it was removed from its socket, and cut through longitudinally, when it appeared similar to the milk tusks of the narwhale and elephant, and like them deficient in external smoothness as compared with the permanent tusks. The milk tusk of the dugong is peculiar in having a shallow cup attached to its base, apparently for the purpose of receiving the point of the permanent tusk as soon as formed; and as the milk tusk advances in the act of being shed, the other may be directed forwards in the same course, which differs from that in which it set out. Article in Journal/Newspaper narwhal* The Royal Society The Tusk ENVELOPE(-168.250,-168.250,-84.867,-84.867) Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 2 126 127 |
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The skull upon which the following observations were made, was sent to the author from Sumatra by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, and is the only perfect specimen in Europe. The milk tusks were first examined; and as their points only were visible, one of the bony canals in which the tusk is contained was laid open: it was removed from its socket, and cut through longitudinally, when it appeared similar to the milk tusks of the narwhale and elephant, and like them deficient in external smoothness as compared with the permanent tusks. The milk tusk of the dugong is peculiar in having a shallow cup attached to its base, apparently for the purpose of receiving the point of the permanent tusk as soon as formed; and as the milk tusk advances in the act of being shed, the other may be directed forwards in the same course, which differs from that in which it set out. |
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