Bullar volume in subterranean and surface-dwelling caviomorph rodents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Schleich, Cristian Eric ^a   Vassallo, Aldo Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Auditory bulla; Ctenomys; Hearing; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; RODENT;

ACTENOMYS; BULLA; CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037325902     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0185:BVISAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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