Systematics of Necromys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): Species limits and groups, with comments on historical biogeography

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 778-790

  D'Elía, Guillermo ^a   Pardiñas, Ulyses F J ^b   Jayat, J Pablo ^c   Salazar Bravo, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolomys; Cabreramys; Cricetidae; Gene tree; Muroidea; Necromys; South America; Systematics; Taxonomy; Zygodontomys

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CYTOCHROME; GENE FLOW; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOLOMYS; CRICETIDAE; LASIURUS; MUROIDEA; NECROMYS; NECROMYS BENEFACTUS; NECROMYS OBSCURUS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; ZYGODONTOMYS;

EID: 45249111164     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-246R1.1     Document Type: Article

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