Identification and distribution of cotton rats, genus Sigmodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), of Nayarit, México

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 813-856

  Carleton, Michael D ^a   Fisher, Robert D ^a   Gardner, Alfred L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033490163     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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