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Can You Hear Me Now? A Comparative Survey Of Pinniped Auditory Apparatus Morphology

  • 1. *Corresponding author & *E-mail: lindsey.koper@bison.howard.edu
  • 2. E-mail: ikoretsky@howard.com
  • 3. E-mail: sulman.rahmat@howard.edu

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Koper, L., Koretsky, I. A., Rahmat, S. J. (2021): Can You Hear Me Now? A Comparative Survey Of Pinniped Auditory Apparatus Morphology. Zoodiversity 55 (1): 63-86, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2021.01.063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2021.01.063

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