Characteristics of sloth bear attacks and human casualties in North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, India

Ursus

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-267

  Bargali, H S ^a   Akhtar, Naim ^b   Chauhan, N P S ^b  

^a World Wild Fund for Nature India   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Bear attacks; India; Melursus ursinus; North Bilaspur Forest Division; Sloth bear

Indexed keywords

EDENTATA; MELURSUS URSINUS;

EID: 33645961930     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2005)016[0263:COSBAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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