A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from South-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3547, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Carleton, Michael D ^a,b   Goodman, Steven M ^c,d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

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EID: 34948853889     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3547[1:ansote]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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