Forelimb myology of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 673-693

  Fisher, Rebecca E ^a,b   Scott, Kathleen M ^c   Naples, Virginia L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common hippopotamus; Forelimb; Myology; Pygmy hippopotamus

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; CHOEROPSIS LIBERIENSIS; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; HEXAPROTODON; HEXAPROTODON LIBERIENSIS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUIFORMES; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 34250621876     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20531     Document Type: Article

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