Renal structural adaptations among three species of peccary

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-531

  Zervanos, Stam M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CATAGONUS WAGNERI; PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSU TAJACU; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 0036922750     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672655     Document Type: Article

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