Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): Clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3272, 2012, Pages 57-68

  Fernandes, Fabiano Araujo ^a,b   Fornel, Rodrigo ^a,c   Freitas, Thales R O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ctenomys pearsoni; Geometric morphometric; Tuco tucos; Type locality

Indexed keywords

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS BRASILIENSIS; CTENOMYS PEARSONI; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859996810     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3272.1.4     Document Type: Article

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