The 20-cm spiny penis of the Argentine Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata)

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 820-825

  Mccracken, Kevin G ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS SP.; ARGENTINA (FISH); OXYURA VITTATA; SPINY;

EID: 0033929595     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089612     Document Type: Article

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