Comparative skull analysis suggests species-specific captivity-related malformation in lions (Panthera leo).

Comparative skull analysis suggests species-specific captivity-related malformation in lions (Panthera leo).

Lion (Panthera leo) populations have dramatically decreased worldwide with a surviving population estimated at 32,000 across the African savannah. Lions have been kept in captivity for centuries and, although they reproduce well, high rates of stillbirths as well as morbidity and mortality of neonat...

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Main Authors: Joseph Saragusty, Anat Shavit-Meyrav, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Rona Nadler, Tali Bdolah-Abram, Laura Gibeon, Thomas B Hildebrandt, Merav H Shamir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981823?pdf=render

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