Why mammals are called mammals: gender politics in eighteenth-century natural history.

@article{Schiebinger1993WhyMA,
  title={Why mammals are called mammals: gender politics in eighteenth-century natural history.},
  author={L. Schiebinger},
  journal={The American historical review},
  year={1993},
  volume={98 2},
  pages={
          382-411
        }
}
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