Evolutionary changes in craniomandibular shape in the great cats (Neofelis Griffith and Panthera Oken)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 766-778

  Christiansen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evolution; Landmarks; Morphology; Pantherinae; Phylogeny; Shape changes

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; FELID; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; SHAPE; TOPOLOGY;

FELIDAE; NEOFELIS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERINAE; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 50949095405     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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