Carnivores of Syria

ZooKeys

Volumn 31, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 6, 2009, Pages 229-252

  Masseti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Near East; Syria

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS MARGARITA; HERPESTIDAE; HYAENIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA; PANTHERA PARDUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77951054282     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.170     Document Type: Article

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