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Morphometrics of wild black-and-white ruffed lemurs [Varecia variegata; Kerr, 1792]

✍ Scribed by Andrea L. Baden; Rick A. Brenneman; Edward E. Louis Jr

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 165 KB
Volume: 70
Category: Article
ISSN: 0275-2565
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20583

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