Valuable stones: The trade in porcupine bezoars

Old-world porcupines (Order: Rodentia Family: Hystricidae) face many threats, including an increasing demand for their different body parts such as meat, quills, hairs and bezoars. Bezoars are masses of undigested organic and inorganic material that are occasionally formed in an animal’s gastrointes...

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Main Authors: Sarah Heinrich, Adam Toomes, Lalita Gomez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420307459