Plant Species Association, Burrow Characteristics and the Diet of the Indian Pangolin, Manis crassicaudata, in the Potohar Plateau, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1533-1539

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Jabeen, Khalida ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   Kayani, Amjad Rashid ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Feeding burrows; Food habits; Indian pangolin; Living burrows; Manis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BURROW; CLAY; DATA SET; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERB; MAMMAL; SAND; SHRUB; TERMITE;

PAKISTAN; POTWAR PLATEAU; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

EID: 84891467628     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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