Mandible of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) compared with other Chinese carnivores: Functional adaptation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-456

  Zhang, Shanning ^a,b   Pan, Ruliang ^c   Li, Ming ^a   Oxnard, Charles ^d   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black bear; Leopard; Mandibular morphology; Red panda; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BAMBOO; BEAR; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FELID; FOOD PREFERENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; AILURUS FULGENS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 35448966626     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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