Habitat, morphology and karyotype of the Saharan shrew Crocidura tarfayaensis (Mammalia: Soricidae)

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Vogel, Peter ^a   Mehmeti, Anne Marie ^a   Dubey, Sylvain ^a   Vogel Gerber, Charlotte ^a   Koyasu, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Ribi, Mohammed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forets et a la Lutte Contre la Desertification   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Crocidura canariensis; Crocidura sicula; Crocidura tarfayaensis; Cytotaxonomy; Ecology; Morocco

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DUNE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; KARYOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; SMALL MAMMAL;

AFRICA; AGADIR [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; GUELMINE; MAURITANIA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN SAHARA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX GLAUCA; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA CANARIENSIS; CROCIDURA SICULA; ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TAMARIX;

EID: 33750590908     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195182     Document Type: Article

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