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CLASSIFICATION OF MAMMALS

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BY his wide researches on the mammalia, Dr. G. G. Simpson can speak with great authority on their classification, and in a recent paper entitled “The Principles of Classification and the Classification of Mammals” (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 85 ; 1945) he gives his views not only on the mammals but, as well, on the wider aspects of classification.

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COOPER, C. CLASSIFICATION OF MAMMALS. Nature 157, 239 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157239b0

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