New Hystrix (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene of Myanmar

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the personnel of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture of the Union of Myanmar for giving permission for the field work. We thank all members of the Myanmar-Japan Joint Paleontological Research Team. We also thank S. Sen (MNHN), J. Chang-Zhu (IVPP), Y. Tomida (NMNS), and Y. Kawamura (AUE), who provided access to the specimens for comparative work. MEXT Overseas Scientific Research Fund 16405018 and 20405015 to M.T., MEXT Grant-in Aid for the global COE A06 to Kyoto University, a Start-Up Rearch Grand for Young Researchers 2007 to T. N., and HMNS grant to T.T. supported this research.

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