Cozumel Island fox (Urocyon sp.) dwarfism and possible divergence history based on subfossil bones

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Gompper, M E ^a   Petrites, A E ^a,b   Lyman, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cozumel; Dwarfism; Mayan settlement; Subfossils; Urocyon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; DIVERGENCE; GROWTH; MAMMAL; PALEOECOLOGY; SUBFOSSIL;

COZUMEL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; UROCYON;

EID: 33747367549     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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