An Audacious Maneuver: First Record of Leopardus guigna in the Marine Environment
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Sielfeld, W.; Guzmán, J.A.; Clark, A.; Cubillos, J.C. An Audacious Maneuver: First Record of Leopardus guigna in the Marine Environment. Animals 2024, 14, 2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192879
Sielfeld W, Guzmán JA, Clark A, Cubillos JC. An Audacious Maneuver: First Record of Leopardus guigna in the Marine Environment. Animals. 2024; 14(19):2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192879
Chicago/Turabian StyleSielfeld, Walter, Jonathan A. Guzmán, Arturo Clark, and Juan Carlos Cubillos. 2024. "An Audacious Maneuver: First Record of Leopardus guigna in the Marine Environment" Animals 14, no. 19: 2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192879
APA StyleSielfeld, W., Guzmán, J. A., Clark, A., & Cubillos, J. C. (2024). An Audacious Maneuver: First Record of Leopardus guigna in the Marine Environment. Animals, 14(19), 2879. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192879