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Paulo de Souza-Junior1, Erick Candiota Souza1, Wilson Viotto-Souza2
1Laboratory of Animal Anatomy, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciência Animal (PPGCA), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Abstract:
The facial mimetic muscles levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) and retractor anguli oculi lateralis (RAOL) have been associated with expressive eye movements in canids and proposed as products of domestication. We investigated their occurrence in four Neotropical species (Lycalopex gymnocercus, Lycalopex vetulus, Cerdocyon thous and Chrysocyon brachyurus). Twelve adult specimens were dissected, and both muscles were consistently identified in all taxa, with conserved architecture. These findings support the interpretation that LAOM and RAOL are not exclusive to domestic dogs and may represent a broadly conserved trait across Canidae.
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