Morphometrics of the genus Didelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Venezuela

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1087-1096

  Ventura, Jacint ^a   Salazar, Mercedes ^b   Pérez Hernández, Roger ^b   López Fuster, María José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Didelphis albiventris; Didelphis imperfecta; Didelphis marsupialis; Marsupials; Morphometrics; Neotropics; Taxonomy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; MORPHOMETRY;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; DIDELPHIS AURITA; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036861247     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<1087:MOTGDD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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