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The taxonomic status of Lepus melainus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) based on nuclear DNA and morphological analyses

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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, P.R. China & These authors contributed equally to this work
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, P.R. China

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Liu, Jiang, Chen, Peng, Yu, Li, Wu, Shi-Fang, Zhang, Ya-Ping, Jiang, Xuelong (2011): The taxonomic status of Lepus melainus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) based on nuclear DNA and morphological analyses. Zootaxa 3010 (1): 47-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3010.1.4, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3010.1.4

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