:Ah, the reference section of Rhinarium says " The chambers and the turbinates are covered by a ciliated mucous epithelium "-- the cilia presumably help keep the nose clean, even if they are not considered true hair . talk ) 21 : 45, 21 May 2014 ( UTC)
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:: : : : this post should definitely win an award for best edit summary in the history of ever also, in response to op, i think the fact that humans don't have a similar rhinarium might be part of it ? ? i was never good at sciencing ."
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In general build the binturong is essentially like " Paradoxurus " and " Paguma " but more massive in the length of the tail, legs and feet, in the structure of the scent glands and larger size of rhinarium, which is more convex with a median groove being much narrower above the philtrum.
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For example, the lack of an obvious rhinarium in " Tarsiiformes " has been suggested to be the consequence of the enormous development of the eyeballs, rather than a loss of relevance of olfaction ., but the significance is currently debatable, because there currently is an influential body of opinion favouring inclusion of the tarsiers in the Haplorhini rather than in the Strepsirrhini as had been traditional.
