lambdoidal
- a variation of lambdoid.
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The skull examined, of an adult male, differs from Coahuilan and New Mexican skulls in having a broad rostrum, better developed sagittal and lambdoidal crests, and smaller tympanic bullae.
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul
The lambdoidal ridge is also more prominent in older voles, and their skulls have a generally rougher and more angular appearance.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
Lambdoidal breadth.—between the lateralmost points of the lambdoidal crest.
From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Anderson, Sydney
These five specimens are assigned to H. h. concavus and resemble in every way this subspecies except: slightly smaller, somewhat darker, and skull with lambdoidal crest less inclined forward.
From Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
An adult male, with slightly worn teeth, from Dezadeash Lake has sagittal and lambdoidal crests.
From Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
