Zorro - Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758

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Josep Maria López-Martín
Dirección General del Medio Natural
Depto. de Medio Ambiente y Vivienda
Generalitat de Catalunya

Fecha de publicación: 10-06-2010

Revisiones. 20-04-2017

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