New records and a new mtDNA lineage of Cryptonanus agricolai (Moojen, 1943) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

Autor: Daiane Chaves do Nascimento, Bruno Augusto Torres Parahyba Campos, Elmary Costa Fraga, Maria Claudene Barros, Nelson Jurandi Rosa Fagundes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Check List, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 515-523 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-127X
DOI: 10.15560/18.3.515
Popis: Cryptonanus agricolai (Moojen, 1943) is a small didelphid widely distributed across of central and northeastern Brazil and in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. A recent phylogeographic study of this species identified three major mtDNA clades with strong geographic structure. Here, we present new records of C. agricolai in northeastern Brazil, including the first report for Maranhão state. We also identify a novel mtDNA lineage, sister to one of the three major clades, in some specimens from Maranhão, indicating that C. agricolai is morphologically and genetically more variable than previously recognized.
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