A newly recognized clade of trans-Andean Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with description of a new genus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 851-870

  Pine, Ronald H ^a,b   Timm, Robert M ^b   Weksler, Marcelo ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

12S gene; cytochrome b; interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein IRBP ; mitochondrial genes; Neotropics; nuclear gene; phylogeny; Sigmodontinae; Sigmodontomys; Tanyuromys

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CYTOCHROME; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APHRASTUS; CRICETIDAE; MEGALOMYS; MELANOMYS; NECTOMYS; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; SIGMODONTOMYS; SIGMODONTOMYS ALFARI;

EID: 84863667092     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-012.1     Document Type: Article

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