Geographic variation in cranial features of the Polynesian rat Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 653-663

  Motokawa, Masaharu ^a   Lin, Liang Kong ^b   Lu, Kau Hung ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Morphometrics; R. Concolor; Rattus exulans; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 15944429040     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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