The second known specimen of Monodelphis unistriata (Wagner) (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia), with redescription of the species and phylogenetic analysis

Zootaxa

Volumn 3640, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-441

  Pine, Ronald H ^a,b   Flores, David A ^c   Bauer, Kurt ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Didelphidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS IHERINGI; MONODELPHIS UNISTRIATA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION CENTER; MONODELPHIS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; MONODELPHIS; MUSEUMS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

EID: 84878822915     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.3.6     Document Type: Article

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