Cranial variation in Meriones tristrami (Rodentia: Muridae: Gerbillinae) and its morphological comparison with Meriones persicus, Meriones vinogradovi and Meriones libycus: A geometric morphometric study

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-251

  Tabatabaei Yazdi, Fatemeh ^a   Adriaens, Dominique ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Jird; Morphological variation; Muridae; Rodentia; Skull

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

IRAN; JORDAN; TURKEY;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES LIBYCUS; MERIONES PERSICUS; MERIONES TRISTRAMI; MERIONES VINOGRADOVI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84879889189     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12020     Document Type: Article

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