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A contribution to age determination of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) based on radiographic analysis of the skull and postcranial morphology

The aim of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to present comprehensive information about the age-dependent change of skeletal characteristics in captive cheetahs with known age and to assess the benefit of these variables for age estimation in this species. Radiographs of 162 known-age cap...

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Autores principales: Schmidt, Martin J., Steenkamp, Gerhard, Failing, Klaus, Caldwell, Peter, Kirberger, Robert M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31185038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217999