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Diet of sympatric Brazilian caatinga peccaries (Tayassu tajacu and T. pecari)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Fabio Olmos
Affiliation:
r. Antonio F. Gandra 182, Sāo Vicente, SP, 11390–250, Brazil

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