Virtual endocasts of the right bony labyrinth of selected Panthera species represented by different ontogenetic stages. A–D infant P. pardus (SMF 15745, left side mirrored); E–H adult P. pardus (SMF 16259); I–L adult P. pardus (SMF 16259, left side mirrored); M–P neonate P. tigris (SMF 15722, left side mirrored); Q–T adult P. tigris (SMF 15737). Abbreviations: aa, anterior ampulla; acf, aperture of the cochlear fossula; ASC, anterior semicircular canal; av, aquaeductus vestibuli; bp, bony protuberance; bv, canal for blood vessels; cc, crus commune; cco, canaliculus cochleae; co, cochlea; de, dorsal extension of the aperture of the cochlear fossula; fv, fenestra vestibuli; la, lateral ampulla; LSC, lateral semicircular canal; pa, posterior ampulla; PSC, posterior semicircular canal; sbl, secondary bony lamina; scc, secondary crus commune. Scale bars: 5 mm.

 
 
  Part of: Wirkner M, Heyder K, Ruf I (2022) Comparative morphology and postnatal ontogeny of the bony labyrinth in Pantherinae (Felidae, Carnivora) with special emphasis on the lion. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 883-905. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e82874