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Cranial phenotypic variation in Meriones crassus and M. libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae), and a morphological divergence in M. crassus from the Iranian Plateau and Mesopotamia (Western Zagros Mountains)

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  • 1. Faculty of Natural resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, 91735 Mashhad, Iran Email: f.tabatabaei@um.ac.ir; fatemeh.tabata@gmail.com (corresponding author) & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:0E8C5199-1642-448A-80BB-C342C2DB65E9
  • 2. Ghent University, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:38C489B9-2059-4633-8E3D-C531FE3EDD8B
  • 3. Rodentology Research Department and Institute of Applied Zoology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, 91735 Mashhad, Iran & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:9F7A70C9-C460-495A-9258-57CB5E7E9DFA

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Yazdi, Fatemeh Tabatabaei, Adriaens, Dominique, Darvish, Jamshid (2014): Cranial phenotypic variation in Meriones crassus and M. libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae), and a morphological divergence in M. crassus from the Iranian Plateau and Mesopotamia (Western Zagros Mountains). European Journal of Taxonomy 88: 1-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.88

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