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The taxonomic status of the endangered thin-spined porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818), based on molecular and karyologic data

BACKGROUND: The thin-spined porcupine, also known as the bristle-spined rat, Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818), the only member of its genus, figures among Brazilian endangered species. In addition to being threatened, it is poorly known, and even its taxonomic status at the family level has long...

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Autores principales: Vilela, Roberto V, Machado, Taís, Ventura, Karen, Fagundes, Valéria, de J Silva, Maria José, Yonenaga-Yassuda, Yatiyo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19192302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-29