The status of Otomys orestes dollmani Heller, 1912 (Muridae: Otomyinae), a rodent described from the Mathews Range, central Kenya

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-515

  Carleton, Michael D ^a   Byrne, Ellen Schaefer ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MATHEWS RANGE; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MURIDAE; MURINAE; OTOMYS; OTOMYS IRRORATUS; OTOMYS TROPICALIS; OTOMYS TYPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846080130     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[477:TSOOOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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