Reproduction, postnatal development, and growth of social coruros, Spalacopus cyanus (Rodentia: Octodontidae), from Chile

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 210-217

  Begall, Sabine ^a   Burda, Hynek ^a   Gallardo, Milton H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Growth; Hystricognathi; Postnatal development; Reproduction; Sociality; Spalacopus cyanus; Subterranean rodent

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYANUS; HYSTRICOGNATHI; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; SPALACOPUS CYANUS;

EID: 0001731005     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383221     Document Type: Article

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