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Beyond the carapace: skull shape variation and morphological systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus)

BACKGROUND: The systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus) has been mainly based on a handful of external morphological characters and classical measurements. Here, we studied the pattern of morphological variation in the skull of long-nosed armadillos species, with a focus on the systemat...

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Autores principales: Hautier, Lionel, Billet, Guillaume, de Thoisy, Benoit, Delsuc, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5562145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828252
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3650