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    Chatterjee, H.J. (2009). Evolutionary Relationships Among the Gibbons: A Biogeographic Perspective. In: Whittaker, D., Lappan, S. (eds) The Gibbons. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88604-6_2

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