“…In research on hybrids, detailed anatomical or histological features of their organs have not often been examined. Ding, Yu, and Shao (2016) conducted observations of cattle-yak hybrid tongue, and also comparative analysis of tongue features with parental species was conducted. Within the Bovidae, macroscopic and scanning electron microscopic studies on morphology of the tongue and lingual mucosa structure were carried out in the cow, Iranian buffalo, and Zavot cattle (Ebru, Melek, & Ismail, 2010;Jackowiak, Skieresz-Szewczyk, Trzcieli nska-Lorych, & Godynicki, 2009;Mahabady, Morovvati, & Khazaeil, 2010;Steflik, Singh, Mckinney Jr, & Boshell, 1983;Wilkus, 1957).…”