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An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia

  • 1. Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, District of Columbia, Washington, USA
  • 2. Conservation & Evolutionary Genetics Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain & Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Genomics, District of Columbia, Washington, USA
  • 3. Natural History Museum of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 4. Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, District of Columbia, Washington, USA & Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Genomics, District of Columbia, Washington, USA
  • 5. Museum of Zoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Conservation & Evolutionary Genetics Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Seville, Spain & Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, District of Columbia, Washington, USA

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Hinckley, Arlo, Camacho-Sanchez, Miguel, Chua, Marcus A H, Ruedi, Manuel, Lunde, Darrin, Maldonado, Jesús E, Omar, Hasmahzaiti, Leonard, Jennifer A, Hawkins, Melissa T R (2024): An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2): 1-33, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177

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