Adaptation of the Muscles of Mastication to the Flat Skull Feature in the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-14

  Sasaki, Motoki ^a   Endo, Hideki ^b   Yamagiwa, Daishiro ^a   Takagi, Hirotaka ^c   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^c   Makita, Takashi ^c,d   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Giant panda; Muscle of mastication; Polar bear; Skull feature

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; FEMALE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; SKULL; URSIDAE;

EID: 0033629610     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.7     Document Type: Article

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