Venomous mammals: A review

Toxicon

Volumn 59, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 680-695

  Ligabue Braun, Rodrigo ^a   Verli, Hugo ^a   Carlini, Célia Regina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Loris; Mole; Platypus; Shrew; Solenodon; Toxic effects; Vampire bat; Venom components

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VENOM;

BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVENOMATION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTATION; FORAGING; INSECT; INSECTIVORA; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLATYPUS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHREW; SNAIL; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIROPTERA; FOSSILS; INSECTIVORA; MONOTREMATA; PRIMATES; VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; INSECTIVORA; LORIS; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; PRIMATES; SOLENODON;

EID: 84859119585     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.02.012     Document Type: Review

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