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Species diversity in the Monodelphis brevicaudata complex (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) inferred from molecular and morphological data, with the description of a new species

DIVERSITY IN MONODELPHIS BREVICAUDATA

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 18 Apr 2012 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 165, pages 190-223 (issn: 0024-4082,

Authors: Pavan, Silvia Eliza; Rossi, Rogerio Vieira; Schneider, Horacio;

doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00791.x

Species diversity in the Monodelphis brevicaudata complex (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) inferred from molecular and morphological data, with the description of a new species

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Abstract

The Monodelphis brevicaudata complex comprises the short-tailed opossum M. brevicaudata and allied forms that inhabit northern and middle South America. We studied the systematics of this complex through a combination of molecular (cytochrome b and 16S rDNA) and morphological (external and craniodental) characters. Our evidence shows that M. brevicaudata as currently recognized comprises three different species: M. brevicaudata; Monodelphis touan, resurrected from the synonymy of M. brevicaudata; and a new species described here. Other species formally recognized in the M. brevicaudata complex include Monodelphis palliolata, Monodelphis glirina, Monodelphis maraxina, Monodelphis domestica, and two additional forms for which formal descriptions are still missing. © 2012 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 165, 190–223.

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Universidade Federal do Pará
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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Federal University of Pará
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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
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Keywords

Didelphidae, Mammalia, Animalia, Biodiversity, Didelphimorphia, Chordata, Taxonomy

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