A new species of Philander Brisson, 1762 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-24

  Flores, David A ^a   Barquez, Rubén Marcos ^a   Díaz, María Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Peru; Philander; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPLEXITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

BOLIVIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; PHILANDER; PHILANDER OPOSSUM;

EID: 37149002079     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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