Description of a new genus and species of rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the tower karst region of northeastern Vietnam

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3517, 2006, Pages 1-41

  Musser, Guy G ^a   Lunde, Darrin P ^a   Son, Nguyen Truong ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 34748817862     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3517[1:doanga]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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