Development of the Skeleton of the stripe-faced dunnart, Sminthopsis macroura (Marsupialia:Dasyuridae)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Frigo, L ^a,b   Woolley, P A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYURIDAE; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA; SMINTHOPSIS MURINA;

EID: 0000026946     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9960155     Document Type: Article

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