A new species of Oryzomys (Rodentia, Sigmondontinae) from southeast Brazil, with comments on the classification of the O. capito species group

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-462

  Weksler, M ^a   Geise, L ^b   Cerqueira, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution; Karyosystematics; Morphometry; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CAPITO; ONISCUS; ORYZOMYS CAPITO; ORYZOMYS ONISCUS; ORYZOMYS SEUANEZI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033112601     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00600.x     Document Type: Article

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