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A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)

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Hoffmann, Michael, Grubb, Peter, Groves, Colin P., Hutterer, Rainer, Straeten, Erik Van Der, Simmons, Nancy, Bergmans, Wim (2009): A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989). Zootaxa 2205: 1-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189726

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