The porcupine Hystrix (Acanthion) brachyura punungensis subsp. nov. from Late Pleistocene fissure deposits near Punung, Java

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 126, 2003, Pages 217-225

  van Weers, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Java; Pleistocene; Porcupines; Punung; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE;

INDONESIA;

BRACHYURA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HYSTRIX BRACHYURUS; HYSTRIX JAVANICA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346899255     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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