Two new species of Juscelinomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from Bolivia

Title Variants

Alternative: Juscelinomys from Bolivia

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3280

By

Emmons, Louise

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 8, 1999."

Juscelinomys, a genus of akodontine rodents allied to Oxymycterus, has been known only from the nine individuals of the type series of J. candango. Two rats recently collected in eastern Bolivia are herein described as new species of the genus. Molecular evidence from sequences of the cytochrome ♭ gene confirms the morphological evidence that Juscelinomys is a closely related sister group to Oxymycterus. From its literature account, the newly described genus Brucepattersonius Hershkovitz, 1998, seems more distantly related to Juscelinomys than Oxymycterus does"--P. [1].

Subjects

Biology , Bolivia , Classification , Juscelinomys guaporensis , Juscelinomys huanchacae , Mammals , Molecular aspects , Muridae , Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado , Rats , Rodents

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3280, 1999

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 43033975