Phylogenetic position of the giant panda: Historical consensus through supertree analysis

Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation

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  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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