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Periotic Morphology in the Trichosurin Possums Strigocuscus celebensis and Wyulda squamicaudata (Diprotodontia, Phalangeridae) and a Revised Diagnosis of the Tribe Trichosurini

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CROSBY, KIRSTEN, NORRIS, CHRISTOPHER A. (2003): Periotic Morphology in the Trichosurin Possums Strigocuscus celebensis and Wyulda squamicaudata (Diprotodontia, Phalangeridae) and a Revised Diagnosis of the Tribe Trichosurini. American Museum Novitates 3414: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)414<0001:PMITTP>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282003%29414%3C0001%3APMITTP%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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