Associative feeding between Aardwolves (Proteles cristatus) and Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)

Mammal Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-143

  Taylor, W A ^a   Skinner, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTEROPUS AFER; PROTELES CRISTATUS; TUBULIDENTATA;

EID: 0033942778     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2000.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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