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2 - Postcranial Skeletal Morphology in Living and Fossil African Suidae

from Part I - Evolution, Taxonomy, and Domestication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

Mario Melletti
Affiliation:
AfBIG (African Buffalo Initiative Group), IUCN SSC ASG
Erik Meijaard
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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