Urine marking and urination in Lemur catta: A comparison of design features

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-284

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Dapporto, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN METHOD; EXCRETION; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING; URINE;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR CATTA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33746033763     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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