Species limits and phylogenetic relationships in the didelphid marsupial genus Thylamys based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 346, 2010, Pages 1-67

  Giarla, Thomas C ^a   Voss, Robert S ^b   Jansa, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; MARMOSA; METATHERIA; THYLAMYS; THYLAMYS ELEGANS; THYLAMYS PALLIDIOR; THYLAMYS SPONSORIUS; THYLAMYS TATEI; THYLAMYS VELUTINUS; THYLAMYS VENUSTUS;

EID: 78650578415     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/716.1     Document Type: Article

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