Phylogeny of the Lemuridae: Effects of character and taxon sampling on resolution of species relationships within Eulemur

Cladistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-361

  Yoder, Anne D ^a,b   Irwin, Jodi A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined data analysis; Congruence; Lemurs; Sampling; Strepsirrhini; Taxon

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

EULEMUR; HAPALEMUR; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA;

EID: 0032762419     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clad.1999.0105     Document Type: Editorial

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