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                  New record of Melomys burtoni (Mammalia, Rodentia, Murinae) from Halmahera (North Moluccas, Indonesia): a review of Moluccan Melomys
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      Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Fitriana, Yuli S., Semiadi, Gono, Pagès, Marie, Aplin, Ken, Supriatna, Nanang, Helgen, Kristofer M. (2018): New record of Melomys burtoni (Mammalia, Rodentia, Murinae) from Halmahera (North Moluccas, Indonesia): a review of Moluccan Melomys. Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 82 (3): 218-247, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0137, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0137
    
  
            
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