Size, shape and structural versatility of the skull of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys (Rodentia, Caviomorpha): Functional and morphological analysis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-96

  Mora, Matías ^a   Olivares, Adriana Itatí ^a   Vassallo, Aldo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allometry; Functional morphology; Jaw; Rodentia; Scaling; Skull

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SHAPE; SKULL;

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYS; DIASTEMA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037261983     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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