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Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR

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Pages 419-454 | Received 01 Feb 2004, Accepted 01 Jun 2004, Published online: 11 Mar 2010

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