Baiji: Lipotes vexillifer

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-76

  Zhou, Kaiya ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84884854899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00021-3     Document Type: Chapter

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