Extension of the geographic distribution of the giant panda (Ailuropoda) and search for the reasons for its progressive disappearance in southeast Asia during the latest middle pleistocene

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 323, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 973-979

  Tougard, Christelle ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^a   Triamwichanon, Somchai ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca bacon; Giant panda; Middle pleistocene; New geographic distribution; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA BACONI; CARNIVORE; MAMMAL; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

THAILAND;

EID: 0030429735     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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