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A New Giant Shrew Rat (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) from Flores, Indonesia and a Comparative Investigation of its Ecomorphology
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Veatch, E. Grace, Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Tocheri, Matthew W., Sutikna, Thomas, Saptomo, E. Wahyu, Musser, Guy G., Helgen, Kristofer M. (2023): A New Giant Shrew Rat (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) from Flores, Indonesia and a Comparative Investigation of its Ecomorphology. Records of the Australian Museum 75 (5): 741-764, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1781
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