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Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae)

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Vela-Vargas, I Mauricio, Jorgenson, Jeffrey P, González-Maya, José F, Koprowski, John L, Rose, Robert K, Owen, Pamela R, Hamilton, Meredith J (2021): Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae). Mammalian Species 53 (1006): 78-94, DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/seab008, URL: https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/53/1006/78/6321968

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