Taxonomic revision of Niviventer (Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam: A morphological and molecular approach

Russian Journal of Theriology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Balakirev, Alexander E ^a,b   Abramov, Alexei V ^b,c   Rozhnov, Viatcheslav V ^a,b  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b Joint Vietnam Russian Tropical Research and Technological Centre   (Viet Nam)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Indochina; Molecular phylogeny; Morphological identification; Muridae; Niviventer; Taxonomy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; NIVIVENTER; NIVIVENTER BRAHMA; NIVIVENTER CONFUCIANUS; NIVIVENTER CREMORIVENTER; NIVIVENTER EHA; NIVIVENTER EXCELSIOR; NIVIVENTER FULVESCENS; NIVIVENTER LANGBIANIS; NIVIVENTER NIVIVENTER; NIVIVENTER TENASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859017143     PISSN: 16823559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.10.1.01     Document Type: Article

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