Contribuição para o estudo descritivo e topográfico de tratos e aptérios em carcará (Cararaca plancus, Banks e Dove 1992)

Abstract

In order to study descriptive and topographical tracts and apteria in Carcara (Caracara plancus), donated after death by the Superintendency of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources - IBAMA located in Pernambuco, were used. The birds were established by subcutaneous, intramuscle or intracavitary of aqueous 10% formaldehyde and immersed in the same solution during 48 hours. Then, with the aid of surgical instruments, the feathers were cut close to the follicle, leaving 0.2 to 0.3 cm of rachis for better viewing and recording of treatment and apteria. It was used as comparative morphology, the Gallus gallus specie. Through the results, the study showed that the treatment and apteria described represent the morphological pattern of the specie, yet anatomical variations has not been observed in six copies, even belonging to different order, the C. plancus morphological features similar to those of G. gallus. As well as particular anatomical aspects those characterize their morphology.