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A new dasyurid marsupial from eastern Queensland, Australia: the Buff-footed Antechinus, Antechinus mysticus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)

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Baker, Andrew M, Mutton, Thomas Y, Dyck, Steve Van (2012): A new dasyurid marsupial from eastern Queensland, Australia: the Buff-footed Antechinus, Antechinus mysticus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Zootaxa 3515: 1-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210344

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