Species diversity in the Monodelphis brevicaudata complex (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) inferred from molecular and morphological data, with the description of a new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-223

  Pavan, Silvia Eliza ^a   Rossi, Rogerio Vieira ^a,c   Schneider, Horacio ^b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Monodelphis arlindoi sp. nov.; Monodelphis touan; Phylogeny; Short tailed opossum; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS BREVICAUDATA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MONODELPHIS GLIRINA; MONODELPHIS MARAXINA;

EID: 84859960393     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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