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Diversity of muskox Ovibos moschatus (Zimmerman, 1780) (Bovidae, Mammalia) in time and space based on cranial morphometry

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Pages 62-77 | Received 06 May 2019, Accepted 07 Sep 2019, Published online: 04 Oct 2019

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