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Eligmodontia

Highland desert mice

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Eligmodontia typus
Containing group: Phyllotini

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Other Names for Eligmodontia

Information on the Internet

Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Internet version.
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Figure 1. Eligmodontia typus copyright © Oliver Pearson 1997.

Eligmodontia typus
Copyright © 1997 Oliver Pearson
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Tree of Life Web Project. 1996. Eligmodontia. Highland desert mice. Version 01 January 1996 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Eligmodontia/16677/1996.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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