New karyotype for Mesomys stimulax (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: A case for species complex?

New karyotype for Mesomys stimulax (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: A case for species complex?

Abstract Mesomys Wagner, 1845 (Rodentia, Echimyidae, Eumysopinae) currently has four recognized species, three of which occur in Brazil: Mesomys hispidus (probably a species complex), M. occultus, and M. stimulax. Mesomys leniceps is found in montane forests of northern Peru. Mesomys stimulax, the f...

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Main Authors: Stella Miranda Malcher, Julio Cesar Pieczarka, Adenilson Leão Pereira, Paulo José Siqueira do Amaral, Rogério Vieira Rossi, Juliane Saldanha, Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
chromosomal differences
cytogenetics
Eumysopinae
FISH
Pará spiny tree rat
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7583

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