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    Whittaker, D.J., Lappan, S. (2009). The Diversity of Small Apes and the Importance of Population-Level Studies. 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_1

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