Divided infraorbital foramen in the lion (Panthera leo): Its implications for colonisation history, population bottlenecks, and conservation of the Asian lion (P. l. persica)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Kitchener, Andrew C ^c   Driscoll, Carlos A ^a,d   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave lion; Gujarat; India; Skull; Spelaea; Tiger

Indexed keywords

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 77149160362     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07802004     Document Type: Article

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