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Muir, C.C., Galdikas, B.M.F. & Beckenbach, A.T. Is there sufficient evidence to elevate the orangutan of Borneo and Sumatra to separate species?. J Mol Evol 46, 378–379 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006316
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