Twentieth century occurrence of the Long-Beaked Echidna Zaglossus bruijnii in the Kimberley region of Australia

ZooKeys

Volumn 255, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-132

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a   Miguez, Roberto Portela ^b   Kohen, James L ^c   Helgen, Lauren E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction; Kimberley; Monotreme; Pleistocene survival; Rock art; Zaglossus

Indexed keywords

MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSUS; ZAGLOSSUS; ZAGLOSSUS BRUIJNI;

EID: 84871969602     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.255.3774     Document Type: Article

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