Origin of callosciurus erythraeus introduced into the Uto Peninsula, Kumamoto, Japan, inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis

Mammal Study

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-65

  Ikeda, Hitomi ^a   Yasuda, Masatoshi ^b   Sakanashi, Masahiko ^c   Oshida, Tatsuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Kumamoto Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLOSCIURUS ERYTHRAEUS;

EID: 79954477950     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.036.0108     Document Type: Article

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