A taxonomic approach to the insular Caprines from the Gymnesic Islands (western Mediterranean Sea)

Quaternaire, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Bover, Pere ^a   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Insulotragus gen. nov.; Myotragus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; QUATERNARY; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CAPRA; MYOTRAGUS; MYOTRAGUS BALEARICUS;

EID: 26044448027     PISSN: 17711150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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