How to make a flying squirrel: Glaucomys anatomy in phylogenetic perspective

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 882-896

  Thorington Jr , Richard W ^a   Santana, Erica M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bmp2; Body proportions; Flying squirrel; Glaucomys; Gliding adaptations; Hox genes; Microsciurus; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GLIDING; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT;

GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; MICROSCIURUS; MICROSCIURUS ALFARI; MICROSCIURUS MIMULUS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; SCIURINI; SCIURUS;

EID: 36649027458     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-S-325R2.1     Document Type: Article

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