The use of hand morphology in the taxonomy of galagos

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-478

  Anderson, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushbaby; Hand pads; Morphology; Prosimian; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EUOTICUS ELEGANTULUS; EUOTICUS PALLIDUS; GALAGO; GALAGONIDAE; OTOLEMUR; OTOLEMUR CRASSICAUDATUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0000639959     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557582     Document Type: Article

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