Why elephant have trunks and giraffe long tongues: how plants shape large herbivore mouth morphology

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Acta Zoologica, 2015

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Yolanda Pretorius; Willem F. de Boer; Kim E. Kortekaas; Machiel van Wijngaarden; Rina Grant; Edward M. Kohi; Emmanuel Mwakiwa; Rob Slotow; H.H.T. Prins

Yolanda Pretorius, Willem F. de Boer, Kim E. Kortekaas, Machiel van Wijngaarden, Rina Grant, Edward M. Kohi, Emmanuel Mwakiwa, Rob Slotow, H.H.T. Prins (2015). Why elephant have trunks and giraffe long tongues: how plants shape large herbivore mouth morphology. Acta Zoologica. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12121

Why elephant have trunks and giraffe long tongues: how plants shape large herbivore mouth morphology

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