RELATIVE BRAIN SIZE OF SOME SOUTHERN AFRICAN MYOMORPH RODENTS

Authors
MONADJEM A
Citation
A. Monadjem, RELATIVE BRAIN SIZE OF SOME SOUTHERN AFRICAN MYOMORPH RODENTS, South African journal of zoology, 33(1), 1998, pp. 47-49
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
South African journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02541858
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
47 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-1858(1998)33:1<47:RBSOSS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Relative brain sizes, based on actual measurement of the brains of nin e species of myomorph rodents, two insectivores and a macroscelidid ar e reported. Relative brain sizes of the macroscelidid and Tatera leuco gaster were far larger than those of the other rodents. With the excep tion of T. leucogaster, relative brain sizes were largest in semi-arbo real, omnivorous and nocturnal rodent species.