On the current status and distribution of the jungle cat, felis chaus, in jordan (mammalia: carnivora)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-10

  Baker, Mohammad Abu ^a   Rifai, Lina ^a   Al Melhim, Walid ^a   Amr, Zuhair ^a   Nassar, Khalid ^b   Qarqaz, Mayas ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Felidae; Middle East; Morphology; Palestine

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FELID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOMETRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS CHAUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0942278218     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2003.10637982     Document Type: Article

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