The forepaws of the rodents cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae) and nannospalax ehrenbergi (muridae, spalacinae): Phylogenetic and functional aspects

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Adel, Manfred ^a   Ziekur, Isabel ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiridia; External Morphology; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342524434     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19990750103     Document Type: Article

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