Morphometrics and functional morphology of middle ears of extant pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 180-198

  Wilkins, Kenneth T ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey C ^a,c   Roorda, Craig S ^a,d   Hawkins, Joseph E ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Ear; Fossorial; Functional morphology; Geomyidae; Heterochrony; Morphometrics; Pocket gophers; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

CRATOGEOMYS TYLORHINUS; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS BURSARIUS; GEOMYS PERSONATUS; GEOMYS PINETIS; GEOMYS TEXENSIS; ORTHOGEOMYS HETERODUS; PAPPOGEOMYS BULLERI; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS BOTTAE; THOMOMYS BULBIVORUS; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES;

EID: 0000894470     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383218     Document Type: Article

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