Historical distribution of the extinct tropical seal, Monachus tropicalis (Carnivora: Phocidae)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 549-551

  Timm, Robert M ^a   Salazar, Rosa M ^a   Townsend Peterson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; MONACHUS TROPICALIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031007526     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96035.x     Document Type: Article

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