Leopard seal: Hydrurga leptonyx

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 673-674

  Rogers, Tracey L ^a  

^a Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre   (Australia)

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EID: 77951708732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00155-3     Document Type: Chapter

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