Geographical variation in skull morphology of gray-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Hayashida, Akiko ^a,b   Endo, Hideki ^c   Sasaki, Motoki ^a,b   Oshida, Tatsuo ^a   Kimura, Junpei ^d   Waengsothorn, Surachit ^e   Kitamura, Nobuo ^a,b   Yamada, Junzo ^a,b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e THAILAND INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Callosciurus caniceps; Geographical variation; Gray bellied squirrel; Skull; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; SKULL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; SKULL;

CALLOSCIURUS CANICEPS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33847606935     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.69.149     Document Type: Article

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