A paleontologist's perspective on the origin and relationships of the giant panda

Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 45-52

  Hunt, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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