The Wilfredomys pictipes (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) karyotype with comments on the karyosystematics of Brazilian Thomasomyini

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-332

  Bonvicino, Cibele R ^a   Otazu, Ivone ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Karyotype; Wilfredomys

Indexed keywords

DELOMYS; RHIPIDOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; WILFREDOMYS; WILFREDOMYS PICTIPES;

EID: 0032709757     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.99-31     Document Type: Article

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