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