First record of a melanistic golden jackal (canis aureus , canidae) from Turkey

Mammalia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-222

  Ambarli, Hüseyin ^a   Bilgin, C Can ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C anis aureus; Camera trap; Golden jackal; Melanism; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NEW RECORD; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTVIN; BLACK SEA; TURKEY;

CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879054578     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0009     Document Type: Article

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