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Bionomics of the Brush-Tailed Opossum Trichosurus Vulpecula in New Zealand

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KEAN, R. Bionomics of the Brush-Tailed Opossum Trichosurus Vulpecula in New Zealand. Nature 184, 1388–1389 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841388a0

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