Skull size and shape relationships between venezuelan monodelphis taxa (didelphimorphia didelphidae), including the recently described species m. reigi lew & pérez-hernández 2004

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-235

  Ventura, J ^a   Lew, D ^b   Perez Hernandez R ^c   Lopez Fuster M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monodelphis; Morphometrics; Neotropics; Skull; Taxonomy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADUSTA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; LEMA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS ADUSTA;

EID: 32044473973     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2005.10531222     Document Type: Article

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