A new species of Macrotarsomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) from southwestern Madagascar

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 450-464

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Soarimalala, Voahangy ^c,d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b WWF Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d Ecology Training Program   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MIKEA FOREST; OCEANIC REGIONS; TOLIARA; WORLD;

MACROTARSOMYS; MACROTARSOMYS PETTERI; MURIDAE; NESOMYINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 22244436278     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[450:ANSOMR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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