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D.J. Kitchener, I. Maryanto 
the then Directors of the Department responsible 
for the conservation of wildlife in Nusa Tenggara 
Barat, Ir P. Supriadi and Nusa Tenggara Timor, Ir 
J. Mochtar. To our colleagues Dr R. How and Mr 
R. Johnstone, Western Australian Museum; Mr A. 
Gunnell, Curtin University of Technology and Drs 
A. Suyanto, Ir Maharadatunkamsi, and Bapak 
Boeadi, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, who 
participated in the field work, we extend our 
thanks for both their effort and companionship. 
We thank Dr Soetikno, Kepala, Puslitbang 
Biologi, LIPI, for the loan of the MZB specimens. 
Expedition costs were defrayed by grants to the 
senior author from: National Geographic Society, 
Washington, Australian National Parks and 
Wildlife Service and the Scott Trust, Sydney. 
Garuda Indonesia kindly defrayed freight costs of 
the expeditions. Additional skulls were prepared 
by Mr M. Salotti, Western Australian Museum. All 
measurements were recorded by Dr W.C. Packer, 
Western Australian Museum. Mrs N. Cooper 
assisted with statistical analyses. Mrs A. Nevin, 
Western Australian Museum kindly typed the 
manuscript. 
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