41. The Keeping and Breeding of Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisi).
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0370-2774
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1915.00575.x