A geometric morphometric analysis of cranial and mandibular shape variation of didelphid marsupials

<strong>Abstract</strong> The New World marsupial family Didelphidae is one of the oldest among mammals and is usually regarded as a morphologically conservative group. We analyzed cranial shape variation among six species of the six largest living genera of the family u...

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Main Authors: D. Astúa de Moraes, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Leslie Marcus, R. Cerqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Teriologica Italiana 2000-06-01
Series:Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy
Online Access:http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4140