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10 - Desert Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas, 1766)

from Part II - Species Accounts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

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Yvonne A. de Jong  and
Thomas M. Butynski
Edited by
Mario Melletti  and
Erik Meijaard
Mario Melletti
Affiliation:
AfBIG (African Buffalo Initiative Group), IUCN SSC ASG
Erik Meijaard
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries , pp. 101 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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