A new species of marmosops (marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the pakaraima highlands of guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic pantepui mammal fauna

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3778, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Voss, Robert S ^a   Lim, Burton K ^b   Díaz Nieto, Juan F ^c   Jansa, Sharon A ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84879390660     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3778.2     Document Type: Article

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