Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from lao PDR

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-454

  Jenkins, Paulina D ^a   Kilpatrick, William C ^b   Robinson, Mark F ^c   Timmins, Robert J ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c The Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Laos)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Comparative morphology; Cytochrome b; Hystricognaths; New family; New genus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770660     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200004001549     Document Type: Article

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