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Hanging on and digging deep: comparative forelimb myology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

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  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia & Sciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
  • 2. Sciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia & Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia

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Richards, Hazel L., Adams, Justin W., Evans, Alistair R. (2023): Hanging on and digging deep: comparative forelimb myology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and common wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (1): 60-82, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad018, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad018

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