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The role and impact of Zootaxa in mammalogy in its first 20 years
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- 1. Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- 2. Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM, UMR 5554 CNRS-IRD-UM), Université de Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon - CC 064 - 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France. & Mammal Section, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, SW7 5DB London, United Kingdom
- 3. Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. & Department of Biology, Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038, USA.
- 4. División Mastozoología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 5. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité,CNRS MNHN SU EPHE UA, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 51, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro, Feijó, Anderson, Gaubert, Philippe, Weksler, Marcelo, Hautier, Lionel, Velazco, Paúl M., Teta, Pablo, Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Veron, Geraldine, Braun, Janet K. (2021): The role and impact of Zootaxa in mammalogy in its first 20 years. Zootaxa 4979 (1): 70-94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.10
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