Paleontology, evolution and systematics of capybara

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

Volumn 9781461440000, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-59

  Vucetich, María Guiomar ^a   Deschamps, Cecilia M ^a   Pérez, María E ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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