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Unveiling Cryptic Diversity in Hylomys: A Commentary on Recent Taxonomic Revisions
Kai He1, Ying Zeng2, Xing Chen3
1Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
Integrative Zoology
|January 15, 2025
Abstract:
The genus Hylomys now comprises seven species instead of two; the Hylomys species in China should be classified as Hylomys peguensis.
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