Tapir (Tapirus) enteroliths
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Michael R. Murphy; John M. Masters; Duane M. Moore; Herbert D. Glass; Randall E.
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Enterolith fragments from two tapir species and horses were subjected to x-ray diffraction analysis. Tapir enteroliths were formed as layers of mineral deposited around a foreign nidus. The structure was similar to that of equine enteroliths except that tapir enteroliths lacked a central region of r