Two new species of Philander (didelphimorphia, didelphidae) from northern South America

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-237

  Lew, Daniel ^a   Pérez Hernández, Roger ^b   Ventura, Jacint ^c  

^a FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Didelphimorphia; Morphometrics; Neotropics; New species; Philander; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; SMALL MAMMAL; TAXONOMY;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [COLOMBIA]; DELTA AMACURO; ECUADOR; GUYANA; ORINOCO DELTA; SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; PHILANDER; PHILANDER ANDERSONI; PHILANDER OPOSSUM;

EID: 33646227180     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-065R2.1     Document Type: Review

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