Keywords
dental wear
periodontal abscess
Tapirus terrestris
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Abstract
Based on osteological evidence, we report an example of extensive bone erosion in association with advanced dental wear and molar loss in a wild tapir from eastern Ecuador. It is suspected that this situation may have very well led to the death of this animal.
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