The clavicular region of some cursorial Cavioidea (Rodentia : Mammalia)

Mammalia

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-421

  Rocha Barbosa, O ^a   Youlatos, D ^a   Gasc, J P ^a   Renous, S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agouti paca; Cavia porcellus; Clavicle; Dasyprocta leporina; Functional morphology; Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris; Muscles; Myoprocta acouchy; Tragulus javanicus

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SKELETON;

AGOUTI; AGOUTI PACA; ARTIODACTYLA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CAVIOMORPHA; DASYPROCTA; DASYPROCTA LEPORINA; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAMMALIA; MYOPROCTA; MYOPROCTA ACOUCHY; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; TRAGULUS; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS;

EID: 0036408761     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2002.66.3.413     Document Type: Article

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