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BETWEEN 1851 and 1923 several species of ungulates were introduced into New Zealand. During this period there were also many liberations into unstocked areas of game animals taken from recently established populations. Dates and localities of liberations have been summarized1,2 and the present or recent distributions of most species have been published2–5.
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CAUGHLEY, G. Dispersal Rates of Several Ungulates introduced into New Zealand. Nature 200, 280–281 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200280b0
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