A craniometric comparison of the African and Asian mongooses in the genus Herpestes (Carnivora: Herpestidae)

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-464

  Taylor, M E ^a   Matheson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; MUSTELID; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CARNIVORA; GALERELLA; HERPESTES; HERPESTES AUROPUNCTATUS; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0033513420     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1999.63.4.449     Document Type: Article

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