Morphological and genetic variation between two sympatric forms of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): An evaluation of hypotheses of differentiation within the genus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-161

  Gonçalves, Pablo R ^a   De Oliveira, João A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Geographic distribution; Geographic variation; Morphology; Morphometrics; Oxymycterus; Species boundaries; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SYMPATRY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; VICOSA;

OXYMYCTERUS; OXYMYCTERUS DASYTRICHUS; OXYMYCTERUS RUFUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 1542348934     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BER-012     Document Type: Article

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