Phylogenetic relationships of New World Porcupines (Rodentia, Erethizontidae): Implications for taxonomy, morphological evolution, and biogeography

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3769, 2013, Pages 1-36

  Voss, Robert S ^a   Hubbard, Caldonia ^b   Jansa, Sharon A ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84874041236     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3769.2     Document Type: Article

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