Items for "metacarpal-phalangeal joint"

Postnatal growth in Myotis blythii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)

The length of the forearm, the body mass and the length of the total gap of the fourth metacarpal-phalangeal joint were measured in order to develop empirical growth curves for a free-ranging population of the lesser mouseeared bat Myotis blythii in a maternity colony in western Iran...

Keywords: Myotis blythii, Chiroptera, Growth, body mass, forearm, metacarpal-phalangeal joint