Tool use by naked mole-rats

Animal Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-74

  Shuster, Gabriela ^a   Sherman, Paul W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gnawing; Heterocephalus glaber; Oral barrier; Rodents; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007666797     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050009     Document Type: Article

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