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Orofacial morphology and feeding behaviour of the dugong, Amazonian, West African and Antillean manatees (Mammalia: Sirenia): functional morphology of the muscular-vibrissal complex |
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| Authors: | Christopher D Marshall Hiroshi Maeda Matsumitsu Iwata Masami Furuta Shiro Asano Fernando Rosas Roger L Reep |
| Institution: | Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77551, U.S.A.;Toba Aquarium, Toba 3-3-6, Toba City, Mie Prefecture 517, Japan;Yomiuriland Marine Aquarium, 3294 Yanokuchi, Inagi City, Tokyo 206, Japan;Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Alameda Cosme Ferreira 1767 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil;Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, U.S.A. |
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| Keywords: | feeding behaviour perioral bristles Sirenia Dugong Trichechus |