The diet of Cape clawless otters at two sites along the Bloukrans River, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 330-334

  Parker, D M ^a   Burchell, R K ^a   Bernard, R T F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aonyx capensis; Cape clawless otter; Diet; Faecal analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; MUSTELID;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANURA; AONYX CAPENSIS; CARNIVORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LUTRINAE; POTAMONAUTES PERLATUS; SANDELIA BAINSII;

EID: 27644518412     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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