Body weight increase in the two peccary species of the genus Tayassu (Tayassuidae, artiodactyla)

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-63

  Dubost, G ^a   Dutertre, C ^b   Henry, O ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Institut Technique du Porc   (France)

^c National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Daily weight increase; French Guyana; Tayassu peccaries

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; UNGULATE; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; PECARI TAJACU; SUS SCROFA; TAYASSU; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSU TAJACU; TAYASSUIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038707341     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.1.55     Document Type: Article

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