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The Cervical Osteology of Okapia johnstoni and Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffidae is the only family of ruminants that is represented by two extant species; Okapia johnstoni and Giraffa camelopardalis. Of these taxa, O. johnstoni represents a typical short-necked ungulate, and G. camelopardalis exemplifies the most extreme cervical elongation seen in any ruminant. We u...

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Autores principales: Danowitz, Melinda, Solounias, Nikos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26302156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136552

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