Sabertooth characters in the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa Griffiths 1821)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1186-1198

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evolution; Extant felids; Neofelis nebulosa; Sabertooth felids; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CYTOLOGY; FELIDAE; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

ANIMALS; CUSPID; FELIDAE; JAW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKULL;

FELIDAE; HOMOTHERIUM; MEGANTEREON; NEOFELIS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; SMILODON;

EID: 33748962513     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10468     Document Type: Article

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