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Evolution of Skull and Mandible Shape in Cats (Carnivora: Felidae)

The felid family consists of two major subgroups, the sabretoothed and the feline cats, to which all extant species belong, and are the most anatomically derived of all carnivores for predation on large prey with a precision killing bite. There has been much controversy and uncertainty about why the...

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Autor principal: Christiansen, Per
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2475670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18665225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002807