Karyological study of the gray shrew Crocidura attenuata (Mammalia: Insectivora) from Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-73

  Motokawa, Masaharu ^a   Harada, Masashi ^b   Lin, Liang Kong ^c   Koyasu, Kazuhiro ^d   Hattori, Shôsaku ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomal evolution; Crocidura attenuata; Soricidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CROCIDURA ATTENUATA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; NOTIOSOREX; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0039176333     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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