Morphology and karyology of two populations of the woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-350

  Kryštufek, Boris ^a   Haberl, Werner ^b   Baxter, Rod M ^c   Zima, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b University of Fort Hare ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

African dormice; Baculum; Karyotype; Molars; Morphometrics; Skull

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

BACULUM; GRAPHIURUS; GRAPHIURUS MURINUS; MYOXIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 13444267959     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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