Anatomy Of The Woodchuck Marmota Monax PDF Download

At present the only method available for age determination of woodchucks does not provide a means for separation of physiologically mature woodchucks into specific chronological age classes. Previous studies of mechanisms for aging woodchucks have dealt primarily with gross morphological features of the animals. This thesis involved a histological examination for annulations in the cementum of teeth and in the periosteal zone of bones that might be correlated to age of the woodchucks. A comparison of incisor measurements to age classes that were determined by annuli counts is also presented.