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Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution

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Travouillon, Kenny J., Simões, Bruno F., Miguez, Roberto Portela, Brace, Selina, Brewer, Philippa, Stemmer, David, Price, Gilbert J., Cramb, Jonathan, Louys, Julien (2019): Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa 4566 (1): 1-69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4566.1.1

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