Evidence for dietary specialization on pine needles by the woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 480-486

  Zahler, Peter ^a   Khan, Mayoor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conifer; Eupetaurus cinereus; Flying squirrel; Folivore; Pakistan; Pine

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; HERBIVORE; RODENT;

ASIA;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUPETAURUS CINEREUS; MAMMALIA; PETAURISTINAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038722807     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0480:EFDSOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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