Reevaluation of several taxa of Chinese lagomorphs (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) described on the basis of pelage phenotype variation

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-123

  Ge, Deyan ^a   Lissovsky, Andrey A ^b   Xia, Lin ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^c   Smith, Andrew T ^d   Yang, Qisen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

L. melainus; Lagomorpha; Lepus mandshuricus; Melanism; Morphometric analysis; O. gaoligongensis; O. nigritia; Ochotona forresti

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAGOMORPH; MELANISM; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS MANDSHURICUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA FORRESTI; OCHOTONA GAOLIGONGENSIS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 84856970508     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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