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Taxonomic revision of beautiful squirrels (Callosciurus, Rodentia: Sciuridae) from the Callosciurus erythraeus/finlaysonii c omplex a nd their distribution in eastern Indochina

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Balakirev, Alexander E., Rozhnov, Viatcheslav V. (2019): Taxonomic revision of beautiful squirrels (Callosciurus, Rodentia: Sciuridae) from the Callosciurus erythraeus/finlaysonii c omplex a nd their distribution in eastern Indochina. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 459-489, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0037

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