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Morphological examination of the obturator notch and canal in Cervidae
Hyun-Jin Tae1, Byung-Yong Park, In-Shik Kim
1Department of Biomedical Science and Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hallym University, 1 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 200-702, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate gross findings of the obturator notch (ON) and obturator canal (OC) in Cervidae. A total of 183 pelvic girdles from 26 species of deer were examined, and the obturator canal (OC) was classified into 4 types based on the degree of separation from the obturator foramen (OF). The deep ON was observed primarily in the subfamily Capreolinae (telemetacarpal deer). The small bony OC was frequently observed in Hydropotes inermis, Mazama gouazoubira and Ozotoceros bezoarticus. A canal without a tubercle or bony bridge structure was mainly observed in the subfamily Cervinae (plesiometacarpal deer). These results suggest that the deep ONs or the OCs separated by bony structures are more common in telemetacarpal rather than plesiometacarpal deer.
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