A new species of Calomys Waterhouse (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)from the Cerrado of Central Brazil



Título del documento: A new species of Calomys Waterhouse (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)from the Cerrado of Central Brazil
Revista: Revista brasileira de zoologia
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000281139
ISSN: 0101-8175
Autors: 1
2
Institucions: 1Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Divisao de Genetica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Parana, Departamento de Genetica, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
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Període: Jun
Volum: 20
Número: 2
Paginació: 301-307
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés A new Brazilian Calomys Waterhouse, 1837 species is described based on morphologic and karyologic data. This species is endemic to the Cerrado of Central Brazil and allopatric with all other species of the genus Calomys. Its chromosome complement (2n = 46, AN = 66) is different from those described in other Calomys species. Morphometric analysis significantly distinguished this new species from other Calomys of the Brazilian fauna like C. callosus (Renger, 1830), C. expulsus (Lund, 1841) and C. tener (Winge, 1887) and placed it among the large-sized Calomys
Disciplines Biología
Paraules clau: Mamíferos,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Cariotipos,
Calomys tocantinsi,
Rodentia,
Brasil
Keyword: Biology,
Mammals,
Taxonomy and systematics,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Karyotypes,
Calomys tocantinsi,
Rodentia,
Brazil
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