Gastroliths in a pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis Morton 1844) (Mammalia, Hippopotamidae)

Senckenbergiana Biologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Wings, Oliver ^a   Hatt, Jean Michel ^b   Schwarm, Angela ^c   Clauss, Marcus ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion; Forestomach; Gastrolith; Hippopotamus; Particle size

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GRAVEL; MAMMAL; PARTICLE SIZE; STOMACH CONTENT;

HEXAPROTODON; HEXAPROTODON LIBERIENSIS; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58949095928     PISSN: 00372102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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