Coincidence or evidence: Was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social?

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-562

  Kiffner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CARNIVORE; CAT; FOSSIL; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SMILODON;

EID: 67749135476     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0008     Document Type: Note

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