Age-related variation in skulls of the puma (Puma concolor)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Gay, Samantha W ^a   Best, Troy L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age variation; Mountain lion; North America; Puma; Puma concolor; South America

Indexed keywords

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 0030028345     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382720     Document Type: Article

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