Sexual dimorphism in the skull of the European mink Mustela lutreola from NW part of Russia

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-246

  Abramov, Alexei V ^a   Tumanov, Igor L ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Research Institute of Nature Conservation of the Arctic and North   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Mustela lutreola; NW Russia; Sexual dimorphism; Skull

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

MUSTELA LUTREOLA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA SIBIRICA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0041509001     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194163     Document Type: Article

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