Morfologi Organ Indera Pembau Musang Luwak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)

Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) has a very sharp sense of smell that is a tool for selecting ripe and good quality coffee fruit. This research was aimed to study the morphological characteristics of the olfactory organ of Common palm civet macroscopically and microscopically. In this study, three adult Common palm civet were used. Based on macroscopic observations, Common palm civet had olfactory organs consisting of cavum nasi, nostril, septum nasi, conchae and vomeronasale organs found in the nasale. In the dextra and sinistra cavum nasi, there were conchae (superior, medius and inferior). In the medius and inferior conchae, there a respiratory epithelium in the superior conchae, there was the olfactory epithelium. Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining was used for microscopic observation. Based on microscopic observations, the olfactory epithelium composed of sustentacular cells (supporting cells), receptor cells and basal cells. The respiratory epithelium composed of goblet cells, pseudostratified epithelium and basal cells. The vomeronasale epithelium consists of the sensory and non-sensory epithelium. The sensory epithelium covered the ventral two thirds of the medial side of the vomeronasale, while the non-sensory epithelium covered the lateral side and the dorsal thirded of the medial side of the vomeronasale. The epithelium sensory vomeronasale consisted of three types of cells: supporting, receptors, and basal. Non-sensoryepithelium composed of the pseudostratified epithelium and goblet cells