Patterns of postnatal development in skulls of Lynxes, genus Lynx (Mammalia: Carnivora)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-254

  Garcia Perea, Rosa ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030249916     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199609)229:3<241::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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