Morphological analysis of three Inia (Cetacea: Iniidae) populations from Colombia and Bolivia

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-426

  Ruiz García, Manuel ^a   Banguera, Eulalia ^b   Cardenas, Heiber ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Bolivia; Colombia; Inia; Morphometrics; Pink river dolphins

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AMAZONAS [COLOMBIA]; BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; INIA GEOFFRENSIS BOLIVIENSIS; INIA GEOFFRENSIS GEOFFRENSIS; INIA GEOFFRENSIS HUMBOLDTIANA; INIIDAE; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 33750584576     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195188     Document Type: Article

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