Systematic relationships of the Guianan brush-tailed rat (Isothrix sinnamariensis) and its first occurrence in Guyana

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Lim, Burton K ^a   Engstrom, Mark D ^a   Patton, John C ^b   Bickham, John W ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cyt b; Guyana; Phylogeny; Rodentia; Species

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA; ESSEQUIBO RIVER; GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ISOTHRIX SINNAMARIENSIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247522237     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.007     Document Type: Article

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