Reconstruction of the predatory behaviour of the extinct marsupial thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Jones, Menna E ^a,b   Michael Stoddart, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Marsupial carnivore; Predation; Prey size; Thylacine

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; MARSUPIAL; PALEOECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0345563273     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998010127     Document Type: Article

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