The rediscovery and conservation status of the Bahian giant tree rat Phyllomys unicolor (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1638, 2007, Pages 51-57

  Leite, Yuri L R ^a   Lóss, Simone ^a   Rego, Renan P ^a   Costa, Leonora P ^a   Bonvicino, Cibele R ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Pesquisa Básica Instituto National de Câncer   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic tree rats; Cytochrome b; Endangered species; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ECHIMYIDAE; ECHIMYS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 36348933923     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1638.1.4     Document Type: Article

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