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An Introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the Description of a New Species from Bolivia and Notes on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Other Bolivian Forms

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VOSS, ROBERT S., TARIFA, TERESA, YENSEN, ERIC (2004): An Introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the Description of a New Species from Bolivia and Notes on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Other Bolivian Forms. American Museum Novitates 3466: 1-40, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:AITMMD>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282004%29466%3C0001%3AAITMMD%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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