Functional morphology of the mastication muscles in the lesser and greater mouse deer

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 901-905

  Endo, Hideki ^a,b   Kimura, Junpei ^c   Sasaki, Motoki ^d   Matsuzaki, Mika ^c   Matsubayashi, Hisashi ^e   Tanaka, Kazuaki ^f   Fukuta, Katsuhiro ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mastication; Morphometry; Mouse deer; Osteometry; Skull

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; TRAGULUS JAVANICUS; TRAGULUS NAPU;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842853812     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.901     Document Type: Article

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