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Phylogenetic Systematics of North American Pseudaelurus (Carnivora: Felidae)

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ROTHWELL, TOM (2003): Phylogenetic Systematics of North American Pseudaelurus (Carnivora: Felidae). American Museum Novitates 3403: 1-64, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)403<0001:PSONAP>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282003%29403%3C0001%3APSONAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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