Geographic variation in hairy dwarf porcupines of Coendou from eastern Brazil (Mammalia: Erethizontidae)

Zoologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-336

  Caldara, Vilacio ^a,b   Leite, Yuri L R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Biogeography; Morphological variation; Sphiggurus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COENDOU; ERETHIZONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; SPHIGGURUS; SPHIGGURUS INSIDIOSUS;

EID: 84865577251     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702012000400005     Document Type: Article

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