Regurgitation feeding of young in harvest mice, Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1191-1197

  Ishiwaka, Reiko ^a   Mori, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Harvest mice; Maternal care; Micromys minutus; Regurgitation; Suckling young

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542444210     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383010     Document Type: Article

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