Two new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia) from Peru and Bolivia

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2898

By

Hinojosa P., Flavio.

Anderson, Sydney, 1927-2018
Patton, James L.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1987

Notes

Title from caption.

Abstract also in Spanish.

"November 12, 1987."

"Two new species of Oxymycterus were recently discovered in the yungas of Peru and Bolivia. Both are much smaller than any species previously known. A description of the two species and a review of the characters of the oxymycterine group suggest certain relationships. Some shared characters suggest monophyly for a subgroup of the tribe Akodontini including the genera Oxymycterus, Podoxymys, Microxus, Lenoxus, Geoxus, and Blarinomys. However some of the shared characters may be results of convergence, and electrophoretic data suggest that at least Microxus does not belong with this group. Thus, the concept of an oxymycterine group remains unclear"--P. [1].

Subjects

Bolivia , Classification , Mammals , Oxymycterus hiska , Oxymycterus hucucha , Peru , Rodents

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2898, 1987

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 18699893