A composite species-level phylogeny of the 'Insectivora' (Mammalia: Order Lipotyphla Haeckel, 1866)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Grenyer, Richard ^a   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insectivora; Lipotyphla; MRP; Phylogeny; Supertree

Indexed keywords

INSECTIVORE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

CHRYSOCHLORIDAE; CROCIDURINAE; ERINACEIDAE; HYLOMYINAE; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; MICROGALE; SOREX; SORICINAE; TALPIDAE; TENREC;

EID: 0037827268     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903003716     Document Type: Article

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