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A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia)

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  • 1. Départment Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7205 CNRS-OSEB, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) denys@mnhn.fr lalis@mnhn.fr
  • 2. Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5174 CNRS-Évolution et Diversité Biologique, F-31062 Toulouse cedex 4 (France) lecompt@cict.fr
  • 3. Départment Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7205 CNRS-OSEB, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) cornette@mnhn.fr moulin@mnhn.fr
  • 4. Départment Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7205 CNRS-OSEB, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) vitaly@mnhn.fr
  • 5. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr 33, 117071, Moskow (Russia) anivlad@gmail.com

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Denys, Christiane, Lalis, Aude, Lecompte, Émilie, Cornette, Raphaël, Moulin, Sibyle, Makundi, Rhodes H., Machang, Robert S., Volobouev, Vitaly, Aniskine, Vladimir M. (2011): A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia). Zoosystema 33 (1): 5-47, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n1a1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2011n1a1

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