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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF50DC0FC97F5C3" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Melomys platyops" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="618" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="618" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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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:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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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:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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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:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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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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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353098</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284388" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7284388" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF50DC0FC97F5C3" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF50DC0FC97F5C3" lastPageNumber="618" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[262,1872,1734,2608]" box="[262,1470,1734,1772]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas" authority="(Thomas, 1906)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[262,1461,1734,1772]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="327" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops" title="Melomys platyops" volume="17" year="1906">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas, 1906)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[262,829,1734,1772]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">
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<emphasis box="[262,555,1734,1772]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Melomys platyops</emphasis>
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(Thomas, 1906)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Thomas" box="[853,1461,1734,1772]" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" pagination="327" title="Melomys platyops" volume="17" year="1906">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:327</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection box="[304,1546,1775,1813]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[262,1872,1734,2608]" box="[304,1546,1775,1813]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation box="[550,1540,1775,1813]" country="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<collectionCode box="[550,591,1775,1813]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">SE</collectionCode>
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<collectingCountry box="[605,942,1775,1813]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, Central Prov., head of Aroa River
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[262,1872,1734,2608]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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DISTRIBUTION: New
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<collectingCountry box="[619,745,1817,1855]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, lowlands and midmountain altitudes both north and south of the Central Cordillera, and on islands; in the north from Nabire (coastal lowlands) in NW Irian Jaya to the east end of
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<collectingCountry box="[957,1293,1902,1940]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, then west through S New
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<collectingCountry box="[388,510,1944,1983]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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to the Utakwa River in SW Irian Jaya. Also occurs on islands of Yapen (Japen) and Biak in Irian Jaya; New Britain in the Bismarck Arch.; and the isls of Normanby, Fergusson, and Goodenough in the d'Entrecasteaux Arch. Altitudinal range from sea level to
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<specimenCount box="[529,639,2069,2107]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="generic">
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<quantity box="[529,630,2069,2107]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" unit="m" value="900.0">900 m</quantity>
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.
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</specimenCount>
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<subSubSection box="[303,1194,2112,2150]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[262,1872,1734,2608]" box="[303,1194,2112,2150]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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SYNONYMS:
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Buchner" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[482,592,2112,2150]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscus">fuscus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" box="[613,804,2112,2150]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">intermedius</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Riimmler" authorityYear="1935" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[822,966,2112,2150]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jobiensis">jobiensis</taxonomicName>
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, mamberanus.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[262,1872,1734,2608]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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COMMENTS: This species was thought to range primarily throughout N New
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<collectingCountry box="[1601,1724,2153,2191]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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(see map in
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<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T. F." box="[521,856,2195,2233]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" refId="ref103155" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1990 b. Mammals of New Guinea. Robert Brown and Associates, 439 pp." year="1990">Flannery, 1990b: 224</bibRefCitation>
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) but our reidentification of museum specimens and
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<typeStatus box="[389,557,2236,2275]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">holotypes</typeStatus>
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reveals otherwise. The form
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" box="[1063,1250,2236,2275]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">
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<emphasis box="[1063,1250,2236,2275]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">intermedius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was originally described as a subspecies of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[630,853,2278,2317]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">
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<emphasis box="[630,853,2278,2317]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">M. moncktoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see Riimmler, 1938), but type series from Utakwa River (type locality) in SW Irian Jaya have only one hair per scale (all
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1500,1723,2320,2359]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">
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<emphasis box="[1500,1723,2320,2359]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">M. moncktoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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have three hairs per scale), as does
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<emphasis box="[913,1115,2362,2400]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[913,1109,2362,2400]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">M. platyops</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and their cranial, dental, and other external traits are also characteristic of
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<emphasis box="[1075,1221,2403,2441]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[1075,1215,2403,2441]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">platyops</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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not
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<emphasis box="[1302,1475,2403,2441]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1302,1470,2403,2441]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">moncktoni</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Most of the 25 topotypes
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G. H. H." box="[570,826,2446,2484]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" refId="ref347722" refString="Tate, G. H. H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 97: 183 - 430." year="1951">Tate (1951:297)</bibRefCitation>
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identified as
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<taxonomicName box="[1066,1393,2446,2484]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="moncktoni" subSpecies="sturti">
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<emphasis box="[1066,1393,2446,2484]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">M. moncktoni sturti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from the lower Fly River are also examples of
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<emphasis box="[754,955,2487,2527]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[754,945,2487,2527]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">M. platyops</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Geographic variation in body size exists among samples of
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<emphasis box="[584,788,2528,2567]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[584,781,2528,2567]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">M. platyops</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and a careful systematic revision of the species is required to assess its significance.
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</paragraph>
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