A new species of recently extinct rice rat (Megalomys) from Barbados

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 404-413

  Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Brace, Selina ^b   Weksler, Marcelo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Extinct mammal; Oryzomyine; West Indies; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; QUATERNARY; RODENT; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

CRICETIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGALOMYS; MEGALOMYS DESMARESTII; MEGALOMYS LUCIAE; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 84867102120     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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