What Is a Tiger? Biogeography, Morphology, and Taxonomy

Tigers of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 53-84

  Kitchener, Andrew C ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-1570-8.00004-9     Document Type: Chapter

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