Morphological diversity of anatomical strepsirrhinism and the evolution of the lemuriform toothcomb

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-367

  Asher, Robert J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grooming; Primates; Rostrum; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; GROOMING; MAMMALS; NASAL SEPTUM; STREPSIRHINI; TOOTH;

EID: 0031935238     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199803)105:3<355::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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