A new species of Phyllotis (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Tucumán province, Argentina

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 523-537

  Ferro, Luis Ignacio ^a,b,c   José Martínez, Juan ^c,d   Barquez, Rubén M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ^*  (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aconquija range; Campo de los Alisos National Park; Rodents; Taxonomy; Yungas Forests

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOREGION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; TUCUMAN; YUNGAS;

CRICETIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; PHYLLOTIS; PHYLLOTIS OSILAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 77957254339     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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