An endemic new species of tuco-tuco, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with a restricted geographic distribution in southern Brazil

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1355-1367

  De Freitas, Thales R O ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A ^b   Fornel, Rodrigo ^c   Roratto, Paula A ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF FOOD ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

endangered; endemism; fossorial; geometric morphometrics; Pampa biome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; CHROMOSOME; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DESERTIFICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RODENT; SANDY SOIL; SKULL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; PAMPAS; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84867805338     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-007.1     Document Type: Article

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