Photos provide information on age, but not kinship, of Andean bear

Using photos of captive Andean bears of known age and pedigree, and photos of wild Andean bear cubs <6 months old, we evaluated the degree to which visual information may be used to estimate bears’ ages and assess their kinship. We demonstrate that the ages of Andean bear cubs ≤6 months old may b...

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Main Authors: Russell C. Van Horn, Becky Zug, Robyn D. Appleton, Ximena Velez-Liendo, Susanna Paisley, Corrin LaCombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1042.pdf