Geographic variation in the Watase's shrew Crocidura watasei (Insectivora, Soricidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-254

  Motokawa, M ^a   Hattori, S ^b   Ota, H ^c   Hikida, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCIDURA WATASEI;

EID: 0029852554     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.2.243     Document Type: Article

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