Body weights of wild and captive lemurs

Zoo Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Terranova, Carl J ^a,b   Coffman, Barbara S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive and wild adult body weight; Eulemur; Hapalemur; Varecia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR; EULEMUR CORONATUS; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; HAPALEMUR; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS GRISEUS; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA;

EID: 0031507621     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1997)16:1<17::aid-zoo4>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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