Post-Pleistocene evolution of Bornean shrews Crocidura foetida (Mammalia, Soricidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Cranbrook, Earl Of ^a   Piper, Philip J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mammals; Niah; Sabah; Sarawak; Soricomorpha; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NIAH CAVES; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CROCIDURA FOETIDA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 44649114479     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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