Volar adhesive pads of the feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus (Marsupialia; Acrobatidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-248

  Rosenberg, Herbert I ^a   Rose, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROBATES PYGMAEUS; ACROBATIDAE; CERCARTETUS CONCINNUS; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA; TARSIPES ROSTRATUS;

EID: 0033305544     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-2-233     Document Type: Article

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