Adaptations of the aardvark for survival in the Karoo: A review

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-108

  Taylor, W A ^a   Skinner, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1080/00359190409519169     Document Type: Article

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