Bhatnagar K P, Wible J R
Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, K.Y. 40292.
Acta Anat (Basel). 1994;151(1):43-8. doi: 10.1159/000147641.
This paper presents the first description of a functional vomeronasal organ in the colugo or 'flying lemur' Cynocephalus, the sole living representative of the order Dermoptera (Mammalia). The vomeronasal organ complex comprises patent nasopalatine and vomeronasal ducts, a 10-mm-long epithelial tube consisting of an 8- to 10-cell thick, 65-microns-tall neurosensory epithelium, the vomeronasal nerve, and the accessory olfactory bulb. The vomeronasal glands are sparse. Among mammals, the vomeronasal organ of the colugo is one of the relatively longest, at nearly 48% of nasal cavity length. It is exceeded among archontans (colugos, bats, primates, and tree shrews) only by that of the strepsirhine primate Microcebus murinus.
本文首次描述了猫猴（又称“飞狐猴”）——皮翼目（哺乳纲）唯一现存代表物种——中功能性犁鼻器。犁鼻器复合体包括开放的鼻腭管和犁鼻管、一条10毫米长的上皮管，该上皮管由8至10层细胞厚、65微米高的神经感觉上皮、犁鼻神经和副嗅球组成。犁鼻腺稀少。在哺乳动物中，猫猴的犁鼻器相对较长，接近鼻腔长度的48%。在灵长总目动物（猫猴、蝙蝠、灵长类和树鼩）中，只有小鼠狐猴这种原猴亚目灵长类动物的犁鼻器比它更长。
