Skull size and shape of Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae) from sub-Saharan Africa

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 185-220

  Mullin, Sarah K ^a   Taylor, Peter J ^a   Pillay, Neville ^b  

^a Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Morphometrics; Rodents; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; RODENT; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

DASYMYS; DASYMYS FOXI; DASYMYS INCOMTUS; DASYMYS MONTANUS; DASYMYS NUDIPES; DASYMYS ROBERTSII; DASYMYS RUFULUS; DASYMYS SHORTRIDGEI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS;

EID: 7644233616     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.019     Document Type: Article

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