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Heaney, Lawrence R.; Balete, Danilo S.; Veluz, Maria Josefa; Steppan, Scott J.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Pfeiffer, Andrew W.; Rickart, Eric A. (2014). "Two new species of
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Species and a New Subgenus of Forest Mice (Rodentia: Muridae: Apomys) from Luzon Island".
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Siler, C.D.; Balete, D.S.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. (2010). "A New
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LiveScience: Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years
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