A new species of phyllotine rodent, genus Andalgalomys (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), from Argentina

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 928-941

  Mares, Michael A ^a   Braun, Janet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andalgalomys; Argentina; Graomys; morphology; phyllotine rodents; South America; systematics; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANDALGALOMYS; GRAOMYS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0030479684     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382775     Document Type: Article

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