Claw retraction and protraction in the carnivora: Skeletal microvariation in the phalanges of the felidae

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-308

  Bryant, Harold N ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^b   Laroiya, Rajiv ^b   Lawrence Powell, G ^b  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CAT; DOG; HISTOLOGY; HOOF AND CLAW; PHYSIOLOGY; TOE;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CATS; DOGS; HOOF AND CLAW; TOES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 0030249475     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199609)229:3<289::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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