New species of monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Peru, with notes on M. adusta (Thomas, 1897)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Solari, Sergio ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monodelphis adusta; New species; Peru; Phylogeography; Systematics

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION TYPE; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS ADUSTA; MONODELPHIS EMILIAE; MONODELPHIS OSGOODI;

EID: 34248329575     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-075R1.1     Document Type: Article

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