Autopodial skeletal diversity in hystricognath rodents: Functional and phylogenetic aspects

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-44

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a   Schmid, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

arboreal; autopodia; cursorial; Hystricognathi; phalangeal index

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLADISTICS; LOCOMOTION; RODENT; SKELETON;

HYSTRICOGNATHI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33845963689     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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