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Aplin, K. P., Helgen, K. M. (2010): Quaternary Murid Rodents Of Timor Part I: New Material Of Coryphomys Buehleri Schaub, 1937, And Description Of A Second Species Of The Genus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (341): 1-80, DOI: 10.1206/692.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/692.1
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