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672:"BASELINE HEALTH AND NUTRITION EVALUATION OF TWO SYMPATRIC NOCTURNAL LEMUR SPECIES ( AVAHI LANIGER AND LEPILEMUR MUSTELINUS ) RESIDING NEAR AN ACTIVE MINE SITE AT AMBATOVY, MADAGASCAR"
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1005:P. candidus
967:Propithecus
954:A. betsileo
918:A. unicolor
717:A. unicolor
491:. UNEP-WCMC
469:19 November
276:E. Geoffroy
1501:Categories
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996:P. diadema
985:P. diadema
891:A. laniger
882:A. cleesei
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696:1042-7260
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182:Species:
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104:Eukaryota
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1100:Category
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525:ISBN
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