I just found a tooth in the zygomatic arch in a marsupial skull, I have never seen that before. I want to know if anyone already seen that too.
Dear colleague,
This is very interesting indeed - I never heard of it. Where exactly in the zygomatic arch is this tooth located ?
With kind greetings,
Koos Jaap van Zwieten
Dear Friend,
Since where are you sure that its tooth? it is so amazing.
Affectionately,
Mehdi
Hi Gabby, it is rare. Perhaps You must post a picture. Does this animal breed in captivity or in wild? Sometime the captivity produce theratological modification related with the tooth, some of them very rare.
Dear Gabby,
I second the need of pictures to better understand what you found out. Could this be a teratoma? These tumours are known to happen in wild animals too, e.g. this deformed mountain lion with teeth and whiskers growing out of its skull, killed in Jan 2016 by a hunter in Idaho (US) for allegedly trying to attack a pet dog.
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/idahostatejournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/55/355656a9-20aa-57ec-9a1a-b2afa0ac0b93/569869e99d9f8.image.jpg?resize=1200,1348
that´s a quite interesting picture, even in a puma...
I think is really strange to see teeth in bones related to the orbit or the temporal region, and even sranger in mammals (snakes and other reptiles present teeth in bones pertainig to the palatal roof such as vomer and palatines). Maybe this "teeth" that you see there is rather a teratoma, a tumor that grows teeth, hair and bone... In humans those tumors are removed, but maybe in this felid the teratoma growed until reached the skin surface and opened causing an infection...
cheers!
Thanks everyone for the answers! I am reading more about the teratoma suggestion, or maybe could be a crooked tooth... If I realize that could be something different I'll let you know (=
It looks like really far from the mouth...maybe if you go to a hospital to make a CT analysis you could get the answer... and also a good paper =)
this is a teratoma, teratomas can appear anywhere in a body. Examples in humans are numerous.
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