Zoologia. - Remarks on the skull morphology of the endangered Ethiopian jackal, Cards simensis Rüppel 1838

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Rendiconti Lincei Matematica E Applicazioni

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-302

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Azzaroli Puccetti, Maria Luisa ^a   Azzaroli, Socio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Univ degli Studi di Firenze ^*

Author keywords

Canis simensis; Carnivora; Ethiopia; Mammalia; Skull morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844302015     PISSN: 11206330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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