‘Mystery big cats’ in the Peruvian Amazon: morphometrics solve a cryptozoological mystery
Two big cat skulls procured from hunters of Yanachaga National Park, Peru, were reported as those of cats informally dubbed the ‘striped tiger’ and ‘anomalous jaguar’. Observations suggested that both skulls were distinct from those of jaguars, associated descriptions of integument did not conform t...
Main Authors: | Darren Naish, Manabu Sakamoto, Peter Hocking, Gustavo Sanchez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-03-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/291.pdf |
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