Diet composition of Metachirus nudicaudatus and Didelphis aurita (Marsupialia, Didelphoidea) in Southeastern Brazil

Mammalia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 511-516

  Santori, R T ^a   De Moraes, D Astua ^a   Cerqueira, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

DIDELPHIS AURITA; DIDELPHOIDEA; MARSUPIALIA; METACHIRUS NUDICAUDATUS;

EID: 0029527368     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1995.59.4.511     Document Type: Article

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