A Quantitative Study of Olfactory, Non-Olfactory, and Vomeronasal Epithelia in the Nasal Fossa of the Bat Megaderma lyra

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-41

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,d   Eiting, Thomas P ^b   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^c,d  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Epithelial surface areas; Nasal airway; Nasal cavity; Olfactory; Primates; Turbinate; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGADERMA; MEGADERMA LYRA; MEGADERMATIDAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855995132     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-011-9178-6     Document Type: Article

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