Cranial allometry and geographic variation in slow lorises (Nycticebus)

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:3<225::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-Y

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Cranial allometry and geographic variation in slow lorises (Nycticebus)

American journal of primatology - 1 Jan 1998

Ravosa M J

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A series of 20 craniodental measurements was obtained for two sister taxa: Nycticebus coucang (common slow loris) and N. pygmaeus (pygmy slow loris). Multivariate analysis of variance was performed with adult data to describe patterns of subspecific and specific variation in this genus. The geome...

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Animals
Asia, Southeastern
Body Constitution
Genetic Variation
Geography
Lorisidae
Skull

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