A preliminary investigation of Sundarbans tiger morphology

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-331

  Barlow, Adam C D ^a   Mazák, Ji ^b   Ahmad, Ishtiaq U ^a,c   Smith, James L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Shanghai Science and Technology Museum   (China)

^c Forest Department of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

adaptation; Bangladesh; mangroves; Panthera tigris

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FELID; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SKULL; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

BANGLADESH; SUNDARBANS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77956720158     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2010.040     Document Type: Article

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