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Integration patterns of cheek teeth and ecomorphological evolution in grinding herbivores: the case of caviine rodents (Caviomorpha: Caviidae)

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Boivin, Myriam, Álvarez, Alicia, Ercoli, Marcos D (2022): Integration patterns of cheek teeth and ecomorphological evolution in grinding herbivores: the case of caviine rodents (Caviomorpha: Caviidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (3): 1094-1116, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac005, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/3/1094/6547390

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