Geographical variation of skull size and shape in various populations in the black giant squirrel

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1213-1218

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Kimura, Junpei ^b   Oshida, Tatsuo ^c   Stafford, Brian J ^d,e   Rerkamnuaychoke, Worawut ^f   Nishida, Takao ^f   Sasaki, Motoki ^g   Hayashida, Akiko ^g   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Black giant squirrel; Geographical; Ratufa bicolor; Skull; Variation

Indexed keywords

CALLOSCIURUS CANICEPS; RATUFA BICOLOR; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; GEOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544381620     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.1213     Document Type: Article

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