Functional morphology, comparative behaviour, and adaptation in two sympatric subterranean rodents genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha: Octodontidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-427

  Vassallo, Aldo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behaviour; Ctenomys; Fossorial rodents; Functional morphology; Myology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIGGING BEHAVIOUR; FOSSORIAL RODENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS AUSTRALIS; CTENOMYS TALARUM;

EID: 0031861152     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998003124     Document Type: Article

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