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Phylogeny, phylogeography and geographical variation in the Crocidura monax (Soricidae) species complex from the montane islands of Tanzania, with descriptions of three new species

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Stanley, William T., Hutterer, Rainer, Giarla, Thomas C., Esselstyn, Jacob A. (2015): Phylogeny, phylogeography and geographical variation in the Crocidura monax (Soricidae) species complex from the montane islands of Tanzania, with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 174 (1): 185-215, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12230, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12230

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