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Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on MtDNA analysis

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  1. Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812

    L. Scott Mills

  2. Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812

    Kristine L. Pilgrim & Michael K. Schwartz

  3. Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT, 59812

    Kevin McKelvey

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Mills, L.S., Pilgrim, K.L., Schwartz, M.K. et al. Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on MtDNA analysis. Conservation Genetics 1, 285–288 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011574209558

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