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Caves As Priority Areas for the Conservation of Lesser Known Mammalian Fauna in Meghalaya, North East India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong 793 003, India., India
2 Meghalaya Adventure Association, Mission Compound, Shillong 793 002, India., India
3 Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Geneva, BP 6434, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland., Switzerland
 

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Uttam Saikia
Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong 793 003, India., India
Brian Kharpran Daly
Meghalaya Adventure Association, Mission Compound, Shillong 793 002, India., India
Manuel Ruedi
Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Geneva, BP 6434, 1211 Geneva 6, Switzerland., Switzerland

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi9%2F1021-1022