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ArticleAnatomia, histologia, embryologia2026

Beyond Domestication: Occurrence of Levator Anguli Oculi Medialis and Retractor Anguli Oculi Lateralis in Four Neotropical Canid Species.

Paulo de Souza-Junior, Erick Candiota Souza, Wilson Viotto-Souza, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues Costa, Amanda Zanesco Crivelaro, Carlos Benhur Kasper, Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo

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Article in Anatomia, histologia, embryologia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Paulo de Souza-JuniorLaboratory of Animal Anatomy, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciência Animal (PPGCA), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6488-6491
Erick Candiota SouzaLaboratory of Animal Anatomy, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciência Animal (PPGCA), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-5944
Wilson Viotto-SouzaFundação Presidente Antônio Carlos (UNIPAC), Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9840-6601
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues CostaLaboratory of Animal Anatomy, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciência Animal (PPGCA), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1242-7397
Amanda Zanesco CrivelaroLaboratory of Animal Anatomy, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciência Animal (PPGCA), Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8664-4127
Carlos Benhur KasperLaboratory of Biology of Mammals and Birds, Universidade Federal Do Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Biológicas (PPGCB), São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-6119
Marcelo Abidu-FigueiredoDepartment of Animal and Human Anatomy, Universidade Federal Rural Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-171X

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Abstract

The facial mimetic muscles levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) and retractor anguli oculi lateralis (RAOL) have been associated with expressive eye movements in canids and proposed as products of domestication. We investigated their occurrence in four Neotropical species (Lycalopex gymnocercus, Lycalopex vetulus, Cerdocyon thous and Chrysocyon brachyurus). Twelve adult specimens were dissected, and both muscles were consistently identified in all taxa, with conserved architecture. These findings support the interpretation that LAOM and RAOL are not exclusive to domestic dogs and may represent a broadly conserved trait across Canidae.

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CanidaeFacial MusclesAnimalsDomesticationEye MovementsCarnivoracomparative anatomyevolutionary adaptationfacial expressionsorbital musculature

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PMCPMC13135193

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