Preliminary study on comparative skull morphology and vertebral formula among the six species of the genus Lagenorhynchus (Cetacea: Delphinidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 573-587

  Miyazaki, N ^a   Shikano, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

LAGENORHYNCHUS ACUTUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS ALBIROSTRIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS AUSTRALIS; LAGENORHYNCHUS CRUCIGER; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 0031432733     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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