Somatic variation in living, wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 55-78

  Sauther, Michelle L ^a   Cuozzo, Frank P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve; Dental variation; Growth and development; Mammal; Plasticity; Teeth; Tsimanampesotse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FINGER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONADAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NIPPLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE DISEASE; PROSIMIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENITALIA, FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NIPPLES; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRILISM;

LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 39349083564     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108589     Document Type: Article

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