Karyotypes of two endemic species of hare from Ethiopia, Lepus habessinicus and L. starcki (Lagomorpha, Leporidae). A comparison with L. europaeus

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Azzaroli Puccetti, M L ^a,b   Corti, M ^c   Scanzani, A ^c   Civitelli, M V ^c   Capanna, E ^c  

^a Museo di Storia Naturale Sezione di Zoologia La Specola   (Italy)

^b Univ di Roma La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPUS HABESSINICUS; LEPUS STARCKI;

EID: 0039469373     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.2.223     Document Type: Article

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