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Paint it black: first record of melanism in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

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Jung, Thomas S. (2023): Paint it black: first record of melanism in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 87 (1): 66-69, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0025, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0025

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