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Russell Davis, Christopher Dunford, Mark V. Lomolino, Montane Mammals of the American Southwest: The Possible Influence of Post-Pleistocene Colonization, Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 15, No. 5/6 (Sep. - Nov., 1988), pp. 841-848
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