A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3041, 2011, Pages 51-62

  Oliveira, Êdison Vicente ^a   Nova, Patricia Villa ^b   Goin, Francisco J ^c   Avilla, Leonardo Dos Santos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Museo de la Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cave; Hyladelphys; Karst; Pleistocene; South america; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; HYLADELPHYS; HYLADELPHYS KALINOWSKII; METATHERIA;

EID: 80053285679     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3041.1.3     Document Type: Article

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