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Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean

  • 1. Environmental Archaeology Program, Florida Museum of Natural History, FL 32611, USA
  • 2. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
  • 3. Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil MW: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8111-4779
  • 4. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK

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Mistretta, Brittany A., Giovas, Christina M., Weksler, Marcelo, Turvey, Samuel T. (2021): Extinct insular oryzomyine rice rats (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Grenada Bank, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 4951 (3): 434-460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.2

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