TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
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IUCN/SSC <strong>Tapir</strong> <strong>Specialist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> (TSG)<br />
CORPORAL MEASUREMENTS<br />
Species: _________________________________ Identification: ______________________________<br />
Sex: ( ) Male ( ) Female Age: __________________ Body weight: ____ ( ) ESTIMATED<br />
( ) REAL<br />
Location: __________________ GPS: ___________________ Date: ___/___/_______<br />
Photographs: ( ) FACE ( ) FULL BODY ( ) MOUTH/TEETH ( ) GENITALS ( ) PARTICULAR SIGNS<br />
a. Head Length: ____________ f. Abdomen Circ.: ____________ k. Front Leg Length: ____________<br />
b. Jaw Length: ____________ g. Tail Length: ____________ l. Carpal Length: ____________<br />
c. Ear Length: ____________ h. Trunk Length: ____________ m. Rear Height: ____________<br />
d. Neck Circ.: ____________ i. Full Length: ____________ n. Rear Leg Length: ____________<br />
e. Thorax Circ.: ____________ j. Front Height: ____________ o. Tarsal Length: ____________<br />
Distance between eyes: ____________ Left Testicle Length: ____________ Right Testicle Length: ____________<br />
Vulva Length: ____________ Left Testicle Circ.: ____________ Right Testicle Circ.: ____________<br />
NOTE: All measurements should be taken with measure tape along the body, following its natural curves.<br />
DENTITION (measurements and fractures)<br />
Upper Left Upper Right<br />
M3 M2 M1 P4 P3 P2 P1 C I3 I2 I1 I1 I2 I3 C P1 P2 P3 P4 M1 M2 M3<br />
Lower Left Lower Right<br />
M3 M2 M1 P3 P2 P1 C I3 I2 I1 I1 I2 I3 C P1 P2 P3 M1 M2 M3<br />
NOTE: Measure the length of incisors and canines, for other teeth mark a cross when a tooth is fractured or missing.<br />
Notes: ______________________________________________________________________________<br />
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