Abstract
Despite the importance of olfaction as a predominant sensory channel in Insectivora, numerous reports on the morphology of the insectivoran nasal cavity and intranasal epithelia suggest the existence of enormous interspecific differences (Ganeshina et al. 1957; Negus 1958 ex Quilliam 1966b; Gurtovoi 1966; Graziadei 1966; Andreescu-Nitescu 1970; Wöhrmann-Repenning 1975; Wöhrmann-Repenning and Meinel 1977; Schmidt and Nadolski 1979; Kuramoto et al. 1980; Larochelle 1987; Larochelle and Baron 1989a, b).
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Stephan, H., Baron, G., Frahm, H.D. (1991). Brain Characteristics Related to Functional Systems. In: Insectivora. Comparative Brain Research in Mammals, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9124-1_7
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