Comparative penile morphology of East African galagos of the genus Galagoides (family galagidae): Implications for taxonomy

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-26

  Perkin, Andrew ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baculum; Cryptic female choice; Galago; Penile morphology; Spines; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PENIS; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; LORISIDAE; MALE; PENIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BACULUM; GALAGO; GALAGO GRANTI; GALAGOIDES; GALAGOIDES RONDOENSIS; GALAGOIDES ZANZIBARICUS; GALAGONIDAE; GLANS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846397856     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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