Brain size of the lion (Panthera leo) and the tiger (P.tigris): implications for intrageneric phylogeny, intraspecific differences and the effects of captivity
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Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon OX13 5QL, UK Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK Department of African Zoology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratory of Histology and Neuropathology CP 620, 808 route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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