Description of sternal glands in Western Australian Sminthopsis and Ningaui (marsupialia: Dasyuridae)

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 45-49

  Cooper, Norah K ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b   Stewart, T ^b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dasyurid; Epidermal; Gland; Gular; Histology; Marsupial; Ningaui; Sminthopsis; Sternal

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MARSUPIAL;

DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA; NINGAUI; SMINTHOPSIS;

EID: 29944436023     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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