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| Author(s): |
Chiquito, Elisandra de Almeida
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Percequillo, Alexandre Reis
Total Authors: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | MAMMALIA; v. 81, n. 5, p. 531-536, SEP 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Sorting specimens at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, we recovered a presumable specimen of Amphinectomys; to assess its identity, we compared this new specimen with the holotype of Amphinectomys savamis and with a syntopic sample of Nectomys apicalis. The Ecuadorean Amphinectomys differs discretely from the holotype in a few cranio-dental traits and from N. apicalis in many and more evident traits. The holotype is larger than the new specimen, and neither specimen of Amphinectomys has similar proportional dimensions in comparison with N. apicalis. Therefore, we identified the Ecuadorean specimen as A. savamis, acknowledging some level of intraspecific geographic variation and extending its current known distribution northwestwards. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/03381-2 - The genus Nectomys Peters, 1860 (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): analysis of specimens from North American institutions |
| Grantee: | Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/18846-5 - Systematics of the genus Nectomys Peters, 1860 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) |
| Grantee: | Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/16009-1 - Systematics, evolution and diversification of the subfamily Sigmodontinae in South America: the tribe Oryzomyini |
| Grantee: | Alexandre Reis Percequillo |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |