Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 619-646

  Carleton, Michael D ^a   Stanley, William T ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; RODENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

HYLOMYSCUS; HYLOMYSCUS ARCIMONTENSIS; HYLOMYSCUS DENNIAE; MURIDAE; MURINAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24944447247     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[619:ROTHDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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