Borneo records of Malay Tapir, Tapirus indicus Desmarest: A zooarchaeological and historical review

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-507

  Cranbrook, Earl Of ^a   Piper, P J ^b,c  

^a University of York ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Borneo; Holocene extinction; Malay tapir Tapirus indicus; Pleistocene; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349650000     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1015     Document Type: Review

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