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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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Agrawal and Ghosal, 1969
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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Indian Peninsula,
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, Trivandrum
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DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and Trichur, also in
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COMMENTS: Represented by the
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taken at the type locality and two others collected at Trichur. Most information about the species is meager and contained in the original description. Our study of
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kindly loaned to us by Dr. S. Chakraborty revealed that
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is characterized by large claws relative to body size, very long and slender hind feet, large body size, long molar rows, small bullae, narrow incisive foramina, and a short bony palate that does not extend past the third molars. These traits combine in a morphology that is uniquely distinct compared with all other species now placed in
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Phylogenetic relationships of
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are unknown; possibly this species should be removed from
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