A diagnostic character revisited: Is there a fifth toe in the forefoot of Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)?

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2671, 2010, Pages 61-64

  Costa, Fabiana R ^a   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; EDENTATA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 78349272368     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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