Giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) killed by hunters with dogs in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, Nicaragua

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-416

  Koster, Jeremy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 53049092177     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/PS-38.1     Document Type: Article

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