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The Cat Island Turtle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

James Perran Ross
James Perran Ross
Affiliation:
Dr J.P. Ross, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Abstract

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Four rare Pseudemys felis were captured and eight more turtles seen in a two-day survey on Cat Island, Bahamas, in March, 1981. A breeding population of this species persists in an area of 2.5sqkm. Cat island turtles are captured for pets and food by local people and are threatened by potential road building and land development.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , June 1982 , pp. 349 - 351
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1982

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