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Georgiev, B.B., Bray, R.A., Timothy, D., Littlewood, J. (2006). Cestodes of small mammals: Taxonomy and life cycles. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R. (eds) Micromammals and Macroparasites. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_3

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