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Toothcomb

A toothcomb (also called a tooth comb or dental comb) is a dental structure found in some mammals, comprising a group of front teeth arranged in a manner that facilitates grooming, similar to a hair comb. The toothcomb occurs in lemuriform primates (which include lemurs and lorisoids), treeshrews, colugos, hyraxes, and some African antelopes. The…

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Evolution in lemuriforms

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Toothcomb

Nodes117
Edges116
Triples87
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017094
Components1

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Toothcomb

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related to Food procurement and other uses · 13
Toothcomb → Allocebus, Cynocephalus, Euoticus, Galago, In, Indri, Indriids, Microcebus, Mouse, Other, Phaner, Propithecus, The
related to Evolution in lemuriforms · 12
Toothcomb → Adapiforms, Because, British, Collectively, Eocene, However, In, Miocene, Most, The, This, Wilfrid Le Gros Clark
related to Anatomical structure · 11
Toothcomb → As, Blainville, Canine, Henri Marie Ducrotay, In, Normally, The, The French, These, V-shaped, With
related to Dating inconsistencies · 11
Toothcomb → African, Although, Anne Yoder, Bugtilemur, Djebelemur, French, In, Marc Godinot, Oligocene, Pakistan, This
related to Grooming · 10
Toothcomb → Between, French, Georges Cuvier, In, Inside, Lemur, More, Observations, The, These
related to Homologous and analogous structures · 10
Toothcomb → Aepyceros, African, An, Cacajao, Likewise, Living, New World, The, This, Toothcombs
related to Original function of the lemuriform toothcomb · 9
Toothcomb → Also, Callithrix, Each, Evidence, Grooming, If, In, Megaladapis, The
related to Olfaction in lemuriforms · 4
Toothcomb → Furthermore, In, The, This
related to Functions · 3
Toothcomb → Additionally, As, It

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incisors primates teeth lemurs lemuriforms lemuriform grooming lower fossil structure mya also comb evolved toothcombs canines found front used food

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Djebelemurinstance ofFossil primates0.80text
'Anchomomys' milleriinstance ofFossil primates0.80text
and Plesiopithecus may have been their closest relativesinstance ofFossil primates0.80text
the sifakas use their toothcombs to gouge bark or dead woodinstance ofThe herbivorous colugos in the genus Cynocephalus may also use their toothcomb for food procurement.Indriids0.80text
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureThe0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureIn0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureV-shaped0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureAs0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureThe French0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureHenri Marie Ducrotay0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureBlainville0.60section
Toothcombrelated to Anatomical structureCanine0.60section

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