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(chiefly taxonomy) Mountain-loving; tending to inhabit mountains..
An oreophilous species occuring^([sic]) in the Hissar Range in the zone from 1800 m above sea level (Kvak area in upper reaches of Kondara ravine) to 3350 m above sea level. It is evidently endemic to the fauna of Tajikistan.
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Oreophilous means (chiefly taxonomy) Mountain-loving; tending to inhabit mountains..
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An oreophilous species occuring^([sic]) in the Hissar Range in the zone from 1800 m above sea level (Kvak area in upper reaches of Kondara ravine) to 3350 m above sea level. It is evidently endemic to the fauna of Tajikistan.
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