Is the Guadeloupean racoon (Procyon minor) really an endemic species? New insights from molecular and chromosomal analyses

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Pons, Jean Marc ^b,c   Volobouev, Vitaly ^b   Ducroz, Jean François ^b,c   Tillier, Annie ^c   Reudet, Denis ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Procyon lotor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROCYON LOTOR; PROCYON MINOR;

EID: 0001450786     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.1999.372109.x     Document Type: Article

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