Cheek pouches are pockets on both sides of the head of some mammals between the jaw and the cheek. They can be found on mammals including the platypus...

vestibule or buccal pouch or buccal cavity and forms part of the mouth. In other animals the cheeks may also be referred to as "jowls". Cheeks are fleshy in...

species Pouched rat, African rodent characterized by large cheek pouches All pages with titles beginning with Pouch All pages with titles containing Pouch Bursar...

pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat...

muscles may allow them to move the jaw further sideways when chewing. The cheek pouch is a specific morphological feature used for storing food and is evident...

vegetable and plant matter, which it collects in large, fur-lined, external cheek pouches. Surplus food is hoarded in an extensive system of tunnels. The...

unlike some other species which make multiple small caches of food. Cheek pouches allow chipmunks to carry food items to their burrows for either storage...

are stout-bodied with distinguishing features that include elongated cheek pouches extending to their shoulders, which they use to carry food back to their...

having large cheek pouches and a distinctive molar morphology. The molars are very similar to the type seen in the subfamily Murinae, but pouched rats probably...

pouched rats are actually better climbers than their better known Gambian pouched rat cousins. These pouched rats are named for having cheek pouches much...

diffuse out of the pouch when moistened. They are designed to be placed between the user's upper lip and gum, or between the gum and cheek, and used for around...

radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouched rat" refers to their large cheek pouches. The species are: Females have been said to be capable...

product (outside of Scandinavia; often marketed as nicotine pouches) consumed by placing a pouch of powdered tobacco leaves or powdered non-tobacco plant...

expandable cheek pouches, which extend from its cheeks to its shoulders. In the wild, hamsters are larder hoarders; they use their cheek pouches to transport...

characteristic features are their large cheek pouches, from which the word "pocket" in their name derives. These pouches are fur-lined, can be turned inside...

hamster cheek pouches. The pouches of hamsters are thin, easy to examine without stopping bloodflow, and highly vascular. When examined, the cheek pouch is...

different location in its cheek pouches. However, recorded observations of chipmunks carrying soil in their cheek pouches are extremely limited. John...

and macaques. This subfamily shares several common traits such as cheek pouches, low and rounded molar cusps, and simple stomachs; all adaptations to...

6 kg (2.6 to 3.5 lb). The pouches for which these rats are named consist of oversized cheek-pouches. These oversized cheek pouches are often used to transport...

(March 2000). "Acid/pepsin promotion of carcinogenesis in the hamster cheek pouch". Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 126 (3): 405–9. doi:10...

on seeds and other plant parts, which they carry in their fur-lined cheek pouches to their burrows. There are about 26 members of the subfamily Perognathinae...

on seeds and other plant parts, which they carry in their fur-lined cheek pouches to their burrows. Although they are very different in physical appearance...

11 days of age, the cheek pouches are fully grown and can carry objects up to the size of a sunflower seed. When the cheek pouches become full, they extend...

Heteromyidae. Each species within this family has fur-lined food storage pouches. The cheek pouch is utilized as a portable cache for food while foraging. Kangaroo...

Extract on the Internal Diameter of Arterioles and Venules of the Hamster Cheek Pouch Microcirculation". Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 22 (2): 221–224...

most rodents, are prone to tumours. They can also receive injury in the cheek pouch by sharp objects damaging the fragile inner lining. Other health problems...

or Guinea baboon. The olive baboon, like most cercopithecines, has a cheek pouch with which to store food. The species inhabits a strip of 25 equatorial...

heads. Another notable feature of kangaroo rats is their fur-lined cheek pouches, which are used for storing food. The coloration of kangaroo rats varies...

have cheek-pouches for storing food. They also have full lips divided by a fold of skin giving a 'hare lip' look which together with the cheek pouches gives...

gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches. They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land...