Description of the giant muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) in Laos

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 675-683

  Schaller, George B ^a   Vrba, Elisabeth S ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

giant muntjac; Laos; Megamuntiacus vuquangensis; morphology; Muntiacus; systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862241     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382672     Document Type: Article

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