Morphobank media number
M128888
Taxonomic name
Rattus norvegicus
Specimen
Rattus norvegicus (AMNH/Mammalogy:207554)
View
braincase ventral
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Copyright holder
Musser, courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
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Bibliographic Reference
Musser, G. G. 1981. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 105. Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of a new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 168(3), pp. 229-334.
Media notes
FIG. 5. Ventral views of adult crania (x 5): A, Rattus norvegicus (AMNH 207554); B, Leopoldamys neilli (AMNH 237591). Abbreviations: AB, auditory bulla; BA, attachment of bulla; BO, basioccipital; BS, basisphenoid; DLR, divided lingual root of M'; EUT, eustachian tube; FO, foramen ovale; MF, mesopterygoid fossa; MLF, middle lacerate foramen; PB, palatal bridge; PS, presphenoid; PTF, pterygoid fossa; PTP, pterygoid platform, which is used here to indicate a smooth or moundlike transition from the platform to side of the braincase; PTR, pterygoid ridge, which marks the edge of the platform in Rattus norvegicus; SLR, single lingual root of MI; SPT, sphenopterygoid (or interpterygoid) canal or foramen; SV, sphenopalatine vacuity; TRC, transverse (or basisphenoid) canal. See text for explanations and Wahlert (1974) for additional information about foramina.
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