Differential sexual dimorphism: size and shape in the cranium and pelvis of grey foxes (Urocyon)
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 334 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA Department of Geological Sciences and Department of Biology, Indiana University 1001 E 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, USA Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 265 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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