Morphometric variation in the skulls of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata from mainland Italy, Sicily, and northern Africa

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-173

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Capizzi, Dario ^b   Amori, Giovanni ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

^b CNR ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hystrix cristata; Italy; Northern Africa; Sicily; Skull variation

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; SKULL;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HYSTRIX CRISTATA;

EID: 0038037961     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00078     Document Type: Article

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