| Grant number: | 12/03381-2 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| Start date: | June 01, 2012 |
| End date: | November 30, 2012 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups |
| Principal Investigator: | Alexandre Reis Percequillo |
| Grantee: | Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito |
| Supervisor: | Robert S. Voss |
| Host Institution: | Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil |
| Institution abroad: | American Museum of Natural History, United States |
| Associated to the scholarship: | 10/18846-5 - Systematics of the genus Nectomys Peters, 1860 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae), BP.DR |
Abstract The diversity of tribe Oryzomyini (near 30 genera and 125 species) is growing substantially in last years with description of new genera and species, as a consequence of species inventory and taxonomic reviews. The genus Nectomys, whose last taxonomic review was published in 1944, is a taxon that needs to be revised taxonomically. Since 1944, a lot of specimens were collected and deposited in zoological collections, especially in Brazil. The Brazilian collections were studied during the first year of my doctorate project; the North American collections, although do not have recent series of Nectomys, are an indispensable part for an adequate analysis of taxonomic diversity of genus, considering that they harbor a high quantity of specimens from several countries of Latin America and several type specimens also. The goals of this proposal are to examine and describe quanti- and qualitatively the specimens from North American Institutions; map the geographic distribution of these individuals; photograph the type material; and assemble tissue (muscle or liver) for molecular analyses. For this, my head office will be the American Museum of Natural History, under supervision of Dr. Robert Voss; thereafter, I will visit other four important institutions (MVZ, MCZ, FMNH, USNM). Specimens will be evaluated about their morphology (external and internal), and about their dimensions (external and cranio-dental) and will be photographed. (AU) | |
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