Molecular and morphological evidence for Ailuridae and a review of its genera

Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 92-140

  Morlo, Michael ^a   Peigné, Stéphane ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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