Full citation
A. M. Harthoorn. 1965. Application of pharmacological and physiological principles in restraint of wild animals. Wildlife Monographs 14:3-78 [ER 3616]
Comments:
minimum mass for females and males assumed to be 2500 and 3500 lbs, respectively
Contributed by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 2021-07-05
Samples: none
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