Carpal ontogeny in Monodelphis domestica and Caluromys philander (Marsupialia)

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Prochel, Jan ^a   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Didelphidae; Hand; Marsupialia; Monodelphis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CALUROMYS; CALUROMYS DERBIANUS; CALUROMYS PHILANDER; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; PHILANDER; TRAPEZIUM;

EID: 0037217405     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00091     Document Type: Article

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