Molecular phylogenetics and environmental niche modeling reveal a cryptic species in the Oligoryzomys flavescens complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 363 - 376
• Main Authors: Rivera, Paula C., González-Ittig, Raúl E., Barcia, Aymée Robainas, Trimarchi, Laura Inés, Levis, Silvana, Calderón, Gladys E., Gardenal, Cristina N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US American Society of Mammalogists 03.04.2018; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: cryptic species; Feature Articles; niche modeling; Oligoryzomys; phylogeny; phylogeography; South America; South America; phylogeny; niche modeling; cryptic species; phylogeography

The nominal species Oligoryzomys flavescens (yellow pygmy rice rat) appears in different phylogenetic reconstructions as paraphyletic, forming a complex together with Oligoryzomys fornesi (Fornes' pygmy rice rat) or Oligoryzomys sp. B. To test if O. flavescens includes cryptic species, we used...