A fatal attack caused by a lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in Southeastern Brazil

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a,b   Assunção, Melissa Chagas ^a   De Mello, Ricardo Coelho ^a   Duarte, Marcelo Ribeiro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal attack; Bites; Tapir; Tapirus terrestris; Teeth marks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BITE; BLEEDING; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEATH; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NONHUMAN; THIGH;

EID: 20444398117     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/pr29-04.1     Document Type: Article

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