Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Phyllomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Emmons, Louise H., Yuri L. R. Leite, Dieter Kock, and Leonora P. Costa
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-08-16 / 2002-08-16
Article/Chapter Title:
A Review of the Named Forms of Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) with the Description of a New Species from Coastal Brazil
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Museum Novitates, no. 3380
Page(s):
1-40
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0082
Notes:
Available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.dspace/bitstream/2246/2869/1/N3380.pdf
Reference for:
Phyllomys
Phyllomys: Geographic Information
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Phyllomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Species of the Brazilian laminated-toothed echimyid rodents have historically been grouped with the nonlaminate-toothed arboreal echimyids under the generic name Echimys (Tate, 1935; Cabrera, 1961; Woods, 1993). These laminated-toothed forms were segregated as Nelomys by Thomas (1916a, b) and by Emmons and Feer (1990; 1997) and as Phyllomys by Moojen (1952) and Emmons et al. (2002). Emmons et al. (2002) consider Nelomys a junior synonym of Echimys and document that Phyllomys is the next ava...