Craniological data and age structure of red foxes (vulpes vulpes arabica thomas, 1902) from Oman

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Ansorge, Hermann ^a   Meinig, Holger ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age determination; Carnivora; Ecology; Oman; Skull measurements; Teeth condition; Vulpes vulpes arabica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006196822     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1996.10637682     Document Type: Article

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