Diet of the giant mole rat, Cryptomys mechowi, on the Bateke plateau, Democratic Republic of Congo;Régime alimentaire du rat-taupe géant, Cryptomys mechowi, sur le plateau de Bateke, République Démocratique du Congo

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 445-450

  Palata Kabudi, Jean Claude ^a,b   Kisasa, Robert ^a   Poso, Omer ^a   Pwema, Victor ^a  

^a l'Université de Kinshasa   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; RODENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COETOMYS MECHOWI; SPALAX GIGANTEUS;

EID: 30744477714     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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