Communal nesting and communal nursing in house mice, Mus musculus domesticus 

@article{Manning1995CommunalNA,
  title={Communal nesting and communal nursing in house mice, Mus musculus domesticus
},
  author={Cynthia J. Manning and Donald A. Dewsbury and Edward K. Wakeland and Wayne K Potts},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1995},
  volume={50},
  pages={741-751}
}
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