Rediscovery and redescription of Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), the least known andeanslender mouse opossum;Redescbrimiento y redescripción de Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), el marsupial más desconocido de los Andes

Mastozoologia Neotropical

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-61

  Díaz N, Juan F ^a,b   Gómez Laverde, Marcela ^c   Sánchez Giraldo, Camilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Endangered species; Marsupial; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755165384     PISSN: 03279383     EISSN: 16660536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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