A new rabbit species (Sylvilagus, Mammalia: Leporidae) from the lowlands of Venezuela

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 369-381

  Durant, Pedro ^a   Guevara, Manuel A ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Neotropics; New species; Rabbits; Sylvilagus skull measuments; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; RABBIT; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035296565     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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