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A Review of Peroryctes broadbenti, the Giant Bandicoot of Papua New Guinea

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Aplin, Kenneth P., Helgen, Kristofer M., Lunde, Darrin P. (2010): A Review of Peroryctes broadbenti, the Giant Bandicoot of Papua New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2010 (3696): 1-44, DOI: 10.1206/3696.2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3696.2

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