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Adaptation to graviportality in Rhinocerotoidea? An investigation through the long bone shape variation in their hindlimb

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Mallet, Christophe, Billet, Guillaume, Cornette, Raphaël, Alexandra Houssaye, And (2022): Adaptation to graviportality in Rhinocerotoidea? An investigation through the long bone shape variation in their hindlimb. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (3): 1235-1271, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac007, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/3/1235/6549627

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