Evolution and systematics of the Atlantic Tree Rats, genus Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae), with description of two new species
Leite, Yuri L. RAuthor
University of California, Berkeley.Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2003.
This study focuses on the Atlantic Forest tree rats of the genus Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), one of the most poorly understood mammal genera inhabiting the coastal rain forests Brazil, the most threatened lowland tropical forest in the world. The author summarizes their distribution, ecology, and evolution using a combination of morphological and molecular analyses; describes two new species; and provides the first systematic revision of the genus, which was originally described in 1839.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This study focuses on the Atlantic Forest tree rats of the genus Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), one of the most poorly understood mammal genera inhabiting the coastal rain forests Brazil, the most threatened lowland tropical forest in the world. The author summarizes their distribution, ecology, and evolution using a combination of morphological and molecular analyses; describes two new species; and provides the first systematic revision of the genus, which was originally described in 1839.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
University of California, Berkeley. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
Rodents
Rodents
Zoology
Health & Biological Sciences
Vertebrates