Genetic differentiation pattern and evidence of an early speciation process in the genus Reithrodon (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

• Published in: Mammalian biology : Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 161 - 171
• Main Authors: Allgayer, Heloisa, Christoff, Alexandre Uarth, Peters, Felipe Bortolotto, de Oliveira Roth, Paulo Ricardo, de Assis Jardim, Márcia Maria, Valiati, Victor Hugo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2023; Springer
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal Anatomy; Animal Ecology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Histology; Life Sciences; Morphology; Original Article; Phylogeny; Rodents; Zoology; Phylogenetic; Natural history

Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) is distributed mostly in South America and the Caribbean and is one of the largest New World mammal clades. Reithrodon (Waterhouse, Proc Zool Soc London 15–21, 27–32, 1837) is widely distributed in open areas of the Southern Cone of South America and includes two recognized...