Systematics and biogeography of the Mozambique thicket rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-335

  Kryštufek, Boris ^a   Baxter, Rod M ^b   Haberl, Werner ^c   Zima, Jan ^d   Bužan, Elena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic ^*  (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Cytochrome b gene; Grammomys; Morphology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COMBRETUM; GRAMMOMYS; GRAMMOMYS COMETES; GRAMMOMYS DOLICHURUS; GRAMMOMYS IBEANUS; GRAMMOMYS MACMILLANI; RATTUS;

EID: 43049083341     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-069R.1     Document Type: Article

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