Cranial morphology of the golden monkey (Rhinopithecus) and douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus)

Human Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 199-223

  Pan, R ^a,b   Oxnard, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Cranial variation; Douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus); Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus); Multivariate analysis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012123746     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02437412     Document Type: Article

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