Gross Morphological Peculiarities of Tongue in Bewick Swan (Cygnus columbianus)

• Main Authors: Firdous AD, Mausood J, Rezzaque C. Massarat Khan, Andleeb R, Shazia N, Umar N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Tongue; Bewick Swan; gross anatomy; Lower Bill; Cygnus columbianus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6331301

The present study was conducted on the tongue of the Bewick Swan (Cygnus columbianus). The tongue as a prehensile organ is involved in the food intake and in ingestion. Bewick swan is often poached when they migrate to their unusual habitat. Studying of the gross morphological characters besides add...