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Microtus agrestis (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

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  • 1. Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Edificio C-2, 30 Piso, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal;
  • 2. 11 East 500 North, Orem, UT 84057, USA;
  • 3. Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Museu Nacional de História and da Ciência, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal;
  • 4. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cell Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden;

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Mathias, Maria Da Luz, Hart, E. Blake, Ramalhinho, Maria Da Graca, Jaarola, Maarit (2017): Microtus agrestis (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 49 (944): 23-39, DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sex003, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sex003

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