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Rhinopithecus bieti (Primates: Cercopithecidae)

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Harding, Lee E., Han, Lian-Xian (2018): Rhinopithecus bieti (Primates: Cercopithecidae). Mammalian Species 50 (969): 148-165, DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sey016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey016

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