PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY OF FREE-LIVING POPULATIONS OF THE SUBSPECIES SCIURUS ANOMALUS SYRIACUS (GOLDEN SQUIRREL) ON MOUNT HERMON, ISRAEL

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