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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<paragraph blockId="55.[265,1879,2072,2779]" box="[265,1649,2072,2111]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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<treatmentCitation author="Lichtenstein" authority="Lichtenstein, 1823" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[265,1639,2072,2111]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="5" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus" title="Meriones libycus" volumeTitle="Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Univ . Berlin" year="1823">
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<taxonomicName authority="Lichtenstein, 1823" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[265,863,2072,2111]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
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<emphasis box="[265,539,2072,2111]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Meriones libycus</emphasis>
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Lichtenstein, 1823
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Lichtenstein" box="[887,1639,2072,2111]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" pagination="5" title="Meriones libycus" volumeTitle="Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Univ . Berlin" year="1823">
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Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Univ.
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<collectingRegion box="[1453,1558,2072,2111]" country="Germany" name="Berlin" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Berlin</collectingRegion>
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, p. 5
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</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection box="[307,961,2115,2152]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="55.[265,1879,2072,2779]" box="[307,961,2115,2152]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[553,951,2115,2152]" country="Egypt" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" stateProvince="Al Iskandariyah">
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<collectingCountry box="[553,656,2115,2152]" name="Egypt" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Egypt</collectingCountry>
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, near
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<collectingRegion box="[762,951,2115,2152]" country="Egypt" name="Al Iskandariyah" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Alexandria</collectingRegion>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="55" pageNumber="556" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="55.[265,1879,2072,2779]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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DISTRIBUTION: North Africa from
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(
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<collectingCountry box="[1148,1336,2155,2193]" name="Western Sahara" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Rio de Oro</collectingCountry>
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) to
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<collectingCountry box="[1408,1511,2155,2193]" name="Egypt" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Egypt</collectingCountry>
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, through
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<collectingCountry name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[530,648,2197,2235]" name="Jordan" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Jordan</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[668,741,2197,2235]" name="Iraq" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Iraq</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[762,851,2197,2235]" name="Syria" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Syria</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[872,944,2197,2235]" name="Iran" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Iran</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[965,1176,2197,2235]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
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, and into S Turkestan to W
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<collectingCountry box="[1655,1755,2197,2235]" name="China" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">China</collectingCountry>
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(
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="55" pageNumber="556" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="55.[265,1879,2072,2779]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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SYNONYMS:
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[491,640,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">afghanus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" box="[658,759,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilo">aquilo</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Cheesman and Hinton" authorityYear="1924" box="[779,935,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arimalius">arimalius</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1839" box="[953,1078,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auratus">auratus</taxonomicName>
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, azizi,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1855" box="[1197,1353,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caucasius">caucasius</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName box="[1373,1519,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">caudatus</taxonomicName>
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, coIlium,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" box="[1680,1794,2281,2318]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="edithae">edithae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1842" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[391,585,2323,2361]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythrourus">erythrourus</taxonomicName>
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, evelynae,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brandt" baseAuthorityYear="1859" box="[766,952,2323,2361]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eversmanni">eversmanni</taxonomicName>
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, farsi,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1882" box="[1065,1205,2323,2361]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gaetulus">gaetulus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Loche" authorityYear="1867" box="[1224,1350,2323,2361]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guyonii">guyonii</taxonomicName>
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, heptneri,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Goodwin" authorityYear="1939" box="[1529,1677,2323,2361]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="iranensis">iranensis</taxonomicName>
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, marginae,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Cabrera" authorityYear="1907" box="[392,502,2365,2403]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mariae">mariae</taxonomicName>
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, maxeratis,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ruppell" authorityYear="1842" box="[704,874,2365,2403]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanurus">melanurus</taxonomicName>
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, oxianus,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Loche" authorityYear="1867" box="[1042,1182,2365,2403]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="renaultii">renaultii</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Loche" authorityYear="1867" box="[1202,1386,2365,2403]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schousboeii">schousboeii</taxonomicName>
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, schwarzovi, sogdianus,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" box="[391,494,2405,2443]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="syrius">syrius</taxonomicName>
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, turfanen.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="56" lastPageNumber="557" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="55.[265,1879,2072,2779]" lastBlockId="56.[366,1839,306,930]" lastPageId="56" lastPageNumber="557" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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COMMENTS: Subgenus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1933" box="[672,866,2448,2486]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pallasiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pallasiomys</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Reviewed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Corbet, G. B." box="[1118,1370,2448,2486]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">Corbet (1978c)</bibRefCitation>
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. Regional studies cover populations in
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<collectingCountry box="[654,777,2490,2529]" name="Algeria" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Algeria</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Kowalski, K. & B. Rzebik-Kowalska" box="[806,1454,2490,2529]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref196029" refString="Kowalski, K., and B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wroclaw, Poland, 370 pp." year="1991">Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<collectingCountry box="[1487,1581,2490,2529]" name="Libya" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Libya</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Ranck, G. L." box="[1609,1819,2490,2529]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck, 1968</bibRefCitation>
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, as
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<emphasis box="[391,558,2531,2569]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">
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<taxonomicName box="[391,539,2531,2569]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">caudatus</taxonomicName>
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),
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</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry box="[573,671,2531,2569]" name="Egypt" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Egypt</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Osborn, D. J. & I. Helmy" box="[696,1125,2531,2569]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
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), Arabian Penninsula (
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<bibRefCitation author="Harrison, D. L. & P. J. J. Bates" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates, 1991</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<collectingCountry box="[508,577,2573,2611]" name="Iran" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Iran</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Lay, D. M." box="[605,768,2573,2611]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref207358" refString="Lay, D. M. 1967. A study of the mammals of Iran resulting from the Street expedition of 1962 - 63. Fieldiana: Zoology, 54: 1 - 282." year="1967">Lay, 1967</bibRefCitation>
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), and
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<collectingCountry box="[877,1085,2573,2611]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Hassinger, J. D." box="[1111,1386,2573,2611]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref142425" refString="Hassinger, J. D. 1973. A survey of the mammals of Afghanistan resulting from the 1965 Street Expedition (excluding bats). Fieldiana: Zoology, 60: 1 - 195." year="1973">Hassinger, 1973</bibRefCitation>
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). Results of comparative craniometric analyses between Moroccan samples of
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<taxonomicName box="[1310,1479,2615,2654]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata">
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M.
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<emphasis box="[1368,1479,2615,2654]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">libycus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[1568,1718,2615,2654]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
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<emphasis box="[1568,1718,2615,2654]" italics="true" pageId="55" pageNumber="556">M. shawi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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obtained in sympatry were reported by
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<bibRefCitation author="Zaime, A. K. & M. Pascal" box="[919,1337,2657,2695]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref404038" refString="Zaime, A. K., and M. Pascal. 1988. Recherche d'un indice craniometrique discriminant deux especes de meriones (Meriones shawi et M. libycus) vivant en sympatrie sur le site de Guelmime (Maroc). Mammalia, 52: 575 - 582." year="1988">Zaime and Pascal (1988)</bibRefCitation>
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. Morphological and karyotypic contrasts between these same two species as well as laboratory hybridization experiments, were recorded by
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<bibRefCitation author="Nadler, C. F. & D. M. Lay & J. D. Hassinger" box="[1182,1566,2739,2779]" pageId="55" pageNumber="556" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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. In North Africa,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[366,536,306,346]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
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<emphasis box="[366,536,306,346]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">M. libycus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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inhabits the Sahara desert, but does extend to the Mediterranean in
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<collectingCountry box="[366,519,348,387]" name="Morocco" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">Morocco</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[537,667,348,387]" name="Algeria" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">Algeria</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<collectingCountry box="[764,858,348,387]" name="Libya" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">Libya</collectingCountry>
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where it overlaps the distribution of
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<emphasis box="[1509,1669,348,387]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[1509,1662,348,387]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">M. shawi</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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which is primarily Mediterranean littoral (
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<bibRefCitation author="Nadler, C. F. & D. M. Lay & J. D. Hassinger" box="[952,1323,390,429]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler, 1969</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Zaime, A. K. & M. Pascal" box="[1343,1756,390,429]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref404038" refString="Zaime, A. K., and M. Pascal. 1988. Recherche d'un indice craniometrique discriminant deux especes de meriones (Meriones shawi et M. libycus) vivant en sympatrie sur le site de Guelmime (Maroc). Mammalia, 52: 575 - 582." year="1988">Zaime and Pascal, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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). Citations for synonyms among Russian samples were supplied by
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<bibRefCitation author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. & O. L. Rossolimo" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref277815" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian)." year="1987">Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987)</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[685,829,475,513]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">
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<emphasis box="[685,829,475,513]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">afghanus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is proposed as a new subspecies in that checklist. The Xinjiang population was reviewed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Ma Yong & Wang Feng-gui & Jin Shan-ke & Li Si-hua" box="[1024,1291,516,554]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref219723" refString="Ma Yong, Wang Feng-gui, Jin Shan-ke, and Li Si-hua. 1987. [Glires (rodents and lagomorphs) of Northern Xinjiang and their zoogeographical distribution.] Science Press, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 274 pp. (in Chinese)." year="1987">Ma et al. (1987)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="56.[366,1839,306,930]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">
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<bibRefCitation author="Nadler, C. F. & D. M. Lay & J. D. Hassinger" box="[408,795,558,596]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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also clarified why
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<emphasis box="[1130,1282,558,596]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">
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<taxonomicName box="[1130,1275,558,596]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">caudatus</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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used by
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<bibRefCitation author="Ranck, G. L." box="[1441,1663,558,596]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck (1968)</bibRefCitation>
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as a species name for Libyan samples, simply refers to
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<emphasis box="[1244,1425,600,638]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[1244,1419,600,638]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">M. libycus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Corbet, G. B." box="[1438,1763,600,638]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">Corbet (1978c:127)</bibRefCitation>
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, apparently unaware of the report by
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<bibRefCitation author="Nadler, C. F. & D. M. Lay & J. D. Hassinger" box="[1010,1399,640,679]" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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, followed Ranck and listed
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<taxonomicName box="[473,614,683,721]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">
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<emphasis box="[473,614,683,721]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">caudatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a species, but cautioned that
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<taxonomicName box="[1179,1320,683,721]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">
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<emphasis box="[1179,1320,683,721]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">caudatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may be "conspecific with
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">M. libycus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and that the Libyan forms assigned by Ranck to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[1326,1497,725,764]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
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<emphasis box="[1326,1497,725,764]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">M. libycus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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should really be allocated to
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[579,737,767,805]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="558" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
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M.
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<emphasis box="[637,737,767,805]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">shawi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis box="[741,757,767,805]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">."</emphasis>
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This is correct and restates the past confusion that has "clouded the taxonomy of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[827,975,808,848]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
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<emphasis box="[827,975,808,848]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">M. shawi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" box="[1062,1232,808,848]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
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<emphasis box="[1062,1232,808,848]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="557">M. libycus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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because of uncertainty concerning the number of species in this complex and their nomenclature" (
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<bibRefCitation author="Nadler, C. F. & D. M. Lay & J. D. Hassinger" pageId="56" pageNumber="557" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler, 1969:44</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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