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Morphometrics of a wild Asian elephant exhibiting disproportionate dwarfism

2014-02-04

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Dwarfism is a condition characterized by shorter stature, at times accompanied by differential skeletal growth proportions relative to the species-typical physical conformation. Causes vary and are well-documented in humans as well as certain mammalian species in captive or laboratory conditions, but rarely observed in the wild. Here we report on a single case of apparent dwarfism in a free-ranging adult male Asia...

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DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.234v1

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