The sloths of the West Indies: A systematic and phylogenetic review

Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 201-231

  White, Jennifer L ^a   MacPhee, Ross D E ^b  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420039481     Document Type: Chapter

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