An update on the taxonomy and geographic distribution of the cryptic species Mastomys kollmannspergeri (Muridae, Murinae) using combined cytogenetic and molecular data

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Dobigny, G ^a   Lecompte, E ^b   Tatard, C ^a   Gauthier, P ^a   Ba K ^c   Denys, C ^d   Duplantier, J M ^a   Granjon, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Cytotaxonomy; Molecular systematics; Multi mammate rats; Pest rodents

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EAST AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS ERYTHROLEUCUS; MASTOMYS HUBERTI; MASTOMYS KOLLMANNSPERGERI; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MASTOMYS VERHEYENI; MURIDAE; MURINAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 56849102170     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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