Qualitative approach and function in the cranial ontogeny of puma concolor (Felidae);Aproximación cualitativa y aspectos funcionales en la ontogenia craneana de Puma concolor (FELIDAE)

Mastozoologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Segura, Valentina ^a   Flores, David ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Carnivora; Development

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 70349525180     PISSN: 03279383     EISSN: 16660536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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