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SUBFAMILY Heterocephalinae

Author:Landry, 1957.
Citation:Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 56: 74.
Comments:Molecular data (Allard and Honeycutt, 1992; Faulkes et al., 1997; Nedbal et al., 1994; Walton et al., 2000) support the recognition of the aberrant East African Heterocephalus as a distinct subfamily.
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GENUS Heterocephalus

SPECIES glaber

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