New species of Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-400

  Braun, Janet K ^a   Mares, Michael A ^a   Coyner, Brandi S ^b   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akodon; Argentina; Cytochrome b; Morphology; New species; Phylogeny; Sigmodontines; South America; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYTOCHROME; ECOREGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEW SPECIES; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SAVANNA; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA];

AKODON; AKODON BOLIVIENSIS; AKODON SPEGAZZINII; ANIMALIA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CRICETIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 77951287849     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-048.1     Document Type: Article

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