Respiratory and olfactory turbinals in feliform and caniform carnivorans: The influence of snout length

Anatomical Record

Volumn 297, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2065-2079

  van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^a   Pang, Benison ^a   Bird, Deborah ^a   Curtis, Abigail ^a   Yee, Karen ^b   Wysocki, Charles ^b   Craven, Brent A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carnivora; Feliformia; Olfaction; Respiration; Turbinal; Turbinate

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; FELIFORMIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CARNIVORA; NOSE; NOSE CAVITY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE; RESPIRATION; SMELL;

EID: 84908287646     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23026     Document Type: Article

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