Why is the Cassowary Not a Bird? A Problem of Zoological Taxonomy Among the Karam of the New Guinea Highlands

1967/03/01 by Ralph Bulmer · 349 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Ethnology #Geography #History #Livestock and Poultry Management #New guinea #Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology #Taxonomy (biology) #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology

paper · doi:10.2307/2798651

published in Man 2(1), 5 (Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland)

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