Osteological correlates of tail prehensility in carnivorans

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-430

  Youlatos, Dionisios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arctictis binturong; Carnivora; Potos flavus; Prehensile tail; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

ARCTICTIS BINTURONG; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; POTOS FLAVUS; PRIMATES; PROCYONIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 0037391160     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003431     Document Type: Article

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