An updated description of the Australian dingo (Canis dingoMeyer, 1793)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-203

  Crowther, M S ^a   Fillios, M ^a   Colman, N ^b   Letnic, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Conservation; Dogs; Hybridization; Size; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84903270934     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12134     Document Type: Article

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