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Occurrence of the Muskrat in Hu Ma District, North-eastern China
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Occurrence of the Muskrat in Hu Ma District, North-eastern China

  • T. H. SHAW1 

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THE muskrat, Ondatra zibethica L., has been introduced into many parts of Europe since 1905 and into the U.S.S.R. in 1927.

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  1. Shaw, T. H., and Chu, C., Shen Wu Hseuh Tung Pao (Biologia), 19 (1955).

  2. Shaw, T. H., and Chang, C., Chinese J. Anim. Husb., No. 2, 57 (1957).

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SHAW, T. Occurrence of the Muskrat in Hu Ma District, North-eastern China. Nature 180, 1215 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801215a0

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