Giant mole-rats, fukomys mechowii, 13 years on the stage

Subterranean Rodents: News from Underground

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 205-219

  Kawalika, Mathias ^a   Burda, Hynek ^b  

^a Dept General Zoology Institute for Biology University of Duisburg Essen ^*  (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 71849102235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69276-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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