An Osteometrical Study of the Cranium and Mandible of the Lesser Mouse Deer (Chevrotain), Tragulus javanicus

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1097-1105

  Terai, Satoru ^a   Endo, Hideki ^b   Rerkamnuaychoke, Worawut ^c   Hondo, Eiichi ^a   Agungpriyono, Srihadi ^d   Kitamura, Nobuo ^a   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^e   Kimura, Junpei ^f   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^e   Nishida, Takao ^f   Yamada, Junzo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth pattern; Mouse deer; Osteometry; Skull; Tragulus

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; TRAGULUS; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DEER; DOG; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DEER; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 0032177356     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.1097     Document Type: Article

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