Mandible shape and size in three species of small musk shrews (Crocidura Wagler, 1832) from southern Africa

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 753-765

  Taylor, P J ^a,b   Contrafatto, G ^b  

^a Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCIDURA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS;

EID: 0030424638     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.4.753     Document Type: Article

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