“…It is also accepted that not only the external form of lingual papillae but also the stereo structure of their CTCs retain a structure that is characteristic of each animal species (Kobayashi and Iwasaki, 1989). The morphological characteristics of lingual papillae have been studied in some animals such as rodents (rats, mice, hamster, bank vole, beaver) (Kutuzov and Sicher, 1951;Iino and Kobayashi, 1988; Kobayashi et al, 1989c;Kitajima et al, 1992; Jackowiack and Godynicki, 2005; Shindo et al, 2006), insectivores (moles, suncus) (Kobayashi et al, 1989b;Miyata et al, 1990), carnivores (raccoon dog, fox, silver fox, tiger) (Emura et al, 2004(Emura et al, , 2006; Jackowiack and Godynicki 2004), artiodactyl (Asami et al, 1995;Agungpriyono et al, 1995;Zheng et al, 2006), and primates (Kobayashi et al, 1989a; Kobayashi and Wanichanon, 1992). Rabbit tongues have been useful for morphological studies.…”