Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-325

  Carleton, Michael D ^a   Peterhans, Julian C Kerbis ^b,c   Stanley, William T ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HYLOMYSCUS; HYLOMYSCUS AETA; HYLOMYSCUS ALLENI; HYLOMYSCUS BAERI; HYLOMYSCUS DENNIAE; HYLOMYSCUS PARVUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PRAOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33746924411     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[293:ROTHDG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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