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; it occurs in the tropical rainforest of

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.Calaby, J. H., and A. K. Lee. "The rare and endangered rodents of the Australasian region." Rodents: A World Survey of Species of Conservation Concern’.(Ed. WZ Lidicker, Jr.) pp (1989): 53–57.

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