Taxonomic revision of Thomomys bottae in the Baja California Sur lowlands

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-350

  Trujano Alvarez, Ana Lilia ^a   Álvarez Castañeda, Sergio Ticul ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; M xico; Morphology; Phylogeny; Rodents; Thomomys bottae

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION TYPE; RODENT; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VIZCAINO DESERT;

RODENTIA; THOMOMYS BOTTAE;

EID: 34248387683     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-291R3.1     Document Type: Article

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