Phylogenetics of caviomorph rodents and genetic perspectives on the evolution of sociality and mating systems in the Caviidae

Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 61-81

  Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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