New taxonomic status to the French Guianan Nectomys parvipes Petter (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

Morphological characters used for separating Nectomys parvipes Petter, 1979 from N. squamipes melanius Thomas, 1910 are the same used for separating Nectomys from the smaller taxon Sigmodontomys J.A. Allen, 1897. Principal Component analyses grouped N. parvipes holotype with S. alfari specimens and apart from N. s. melanius specimens. Both morphology and morphometry indicated that N. parvipes belongs to the genus Sigmodontomys.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonvicino,Cibele R.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 1999
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751999000600026
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