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Coincidence or evidence: was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social?

2009; Royal Society; Volume: 5; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rsbl.2009.0008

1744-957X

Christian Kiffner,

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Restricted accessMoreSectionsView Full TextView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Kiffner Christian 2009Coincidence or evidence: was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social?Biol. Lett.5561–562http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0008SectionRestricted accessPalaeontologyCoincidence or evidence: was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social? Christian Kiffner Christian Kiffner [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Christian Kiffner Christian Kiffner [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Published:14 May 2009https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0008"Coincidence or evidence: was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social?." Biology Letters, 5(4), pp. 561–562ReferencesCarbone C., Maddox T., Funston P., Mills M.G.L., Grether G.F.& Van Valkenburgh B.. 2009Parallels between playbacks and tar seeps suggest sociality in an extinct sabretooth cat. 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