A new species of Monodelphis (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from the montane forests of central Perú

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-307

  Solari, Sergio ^a   Pacheco, Víctor ^b   Vivar, Elena ^b   Emmons, Louise H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; Monodelphis gardneri; systematics; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MONTANE FOREST; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANDES; PERU;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS AMERICANA; MONODELPHIS OSGOODI; MONODELPHIS THERESA;

EID: 84873905304     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/11-33.1     Document Type: Article

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