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2013

Monograph
Zootaxa 3649 (1): 1–62 (14 May 2013)
Taxonomy and redescription of the Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
ANDREW M. BAKER & STEVE VAN DYCK
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3646 (3): 300 (03 May 2013)
Erratum: ANTONIO ROSSANO MENDES PONTES, JOSÉ RAMON GADELHA, ÉVERTON R. A. MELO, FABRÍCIO BEZERRA DE SÁ, ANA CAROLINA LOSS, VILACIO CALDARA JUNIOR, LEONORA PIRES COSTA & YURI L. R. LEITE (2013) A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3636(3): 421–438.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3646 (2): 194–198 (02 May 2013)
On the available names for the northern and eastern South American subspecies of Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) (Mammalia: Felidae) and their type localities
F.O. NASCIMENTO & G.S.T. GARBINO
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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (4): 433–447 (26 Apr. 2013)
The taxonomic status of Oligoryzomys brendae Massoia, 1998 (Rodentia, Cricetidae), with comments on the availability of this name 
PABLO TETA, J. PABLO JAYAT, PABLO E. ORTIZ & GUILLERMO D’ELÍA
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (4): 521–549 (19 Apr. 2013)
Revision of the genus Leopoldamys (Rodentia, Muridae) as inferred from morphological and molecular data, with a special emphasis on the species composition in continental Indochina 
A.E. BALAKIREV, A.V. ABRAMOV & V.V. ROZHNOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (3): 425–441 (18 Apr. 2013)
The second known specimen of Monodelphis unistriata (Wagner) (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia), with redescription of the species and phylogenetic analysis
RONALD H. PINE, DAVID A. FLORES & KURT BAUER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (3): 421–438 (5 Apr. 2013)
A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil
ANTONIO ROSSANO MENDES PONTES, JOSÉ RAMON GADELHA, ÉVERTON R. A. MELO, FABRÍCIO BEZERRA DE SÁ, ANA CAROLINA LOSS, VILACIO CALDARA JUNIOR, LEONORA PIRES COSTA & YURI L. R. LEITE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (1): 171–189 (3 Apr. 2013)
A new species of African Mole-rat (Fukomys, Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zaire-Zambezi Watershed
PAUL A.A.G. VAN DAELE, PIETER BLONDÉ, ROBERT STJERNSTEDT & DOMINIQUE ADRIAENS
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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (1): 165–183 (19 Mar. 2013)
Systematics of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Ecuador, with comments on species boundaries
PABLO JARRÍN-V & ELIZABETH L. CLARE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (2): 119–134 (19 Feb. 2013)
A new acaremyid rodent (Hystricognathi: Octodontoidea) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia (South America) and considerations on the early evolution of Octodontoidea
MICHELLE ARNAL & MARÍA E. PÉREZ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (3): 201–228 (11 Feb. 2013)
Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
ANDREW M BAKER & STEVE VAN DYCK
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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (3): 201–300 (11 Feb. 2013)
Taxonomy and redescription of the Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus (Thomas) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
ANDREW M BAKER & STEVE VAN DYCK
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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3534: 61–68 (1 Nov. 2012) 3 plates; 19 references           Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
A new oryzomyine (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from the Quaternary of Curaçao (West Indies) 
JELLE S. ZIJLSTRA (the Netherlands)
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Article
Zootaxa 3515: 1–37 (12 Oct. 2012) 24 plates; 27 references                 Accepted: 31 Aug. 2012
A new dasyurid marsupial from eastern Queensland, Australia: the Buff-footed Antechinus, Antechinus mysticus sp. nov. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) 
ANDREW M BAKER, THOMAS Y MUTTON & STEVE VAN DYCK (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3507: 79–83 (5 Oct. 2012) 1 plate; 46 references                   Accepted: 31 Aug. 2012
A proposal for the common names for species of Chiropotes (Pitheciinae: Primates) 
ADRIAN. A. BARNETT (England), LILIAM P. PINTO (Brazil), JÚLIO CÉSAR BICCA-MARQUES (Brazil), STEPHEN F. FERRARI (Brazil), MARCELO GORDO (Brazil), PATRICIA G. GUEDES (Brazil), MARIA APARECIDA LOPES (Brazil), JUAN C. OPAZO (Chile), MARCIO PORT-CARVALHO (Brazil), RICARDO RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS (Brazil), RAFAELA F. SOARES (Brazil), WILSON R. SPIRONELLO (Brazil), LIZA M. VEIGA (Brazil), TATIANA MARTINS VIEIRA (Brazil) & SARAH A. BOYLE (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3505: 75–85 (3 Oct. 2012) 4 plates; 26 references                  Accepted: 31 Aug. 2012
Resolving a mammal mystery: the identity of Paracoelops megalotis (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) 
VU DINH THONG (Vietnam), CHRISTIAN DIETZ (Germany), ANNETTE DENZINGER (Germany), PAUL J.J. BATES (UK), SEBASTIEN J. PUECHMAILLE (Ireland), CÉCILE CALLOU (France) & HANS-ULRICH SCHNITZLER (Germany)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3493: 35–38 (21 Sept. 2012) 1 plate; 15 references                    Accepted: 31 Aug. 2012
Cytotaxonomic considerations on the sex chromosome variation observed within Acomys ngurui Verheyen et al. 2011 (Rodentia Muridae) 
RICCARDO CASTIGLIA & FLAVIA ANNESI (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 3481: 60–72 (13 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 47 references                 Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012 
Taxonomy of the southernmost populations of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), with implications for the systematics of the genus 
M. AMELIA CHEMISQUY & DAVID A. FLORES (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3441: 1–20 (28 Aug. 2012) 5 plates; 99 references                       Accepted: 30 Jul. 2012
Description of a new shrew of the genus Cryptotis (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the Sierra de Aroa, an isolated mountain range in northwestern Venezuela, with remarks on biogeography and conservation
MARCIAL QUIROGA-CARMONA & JESÚS MOLINARI (Venezuela)
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Article
Zootaxa 3402: 61–68 (30 Jul. 2012) 3 plates; 52 references                  Accepted: 29 May 2012
The population of Ctenomys from the Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve (Mendoza, Argentina) belongs to Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): molecular and karyotypic evidence
ANDRES PARADA (Chile), AGUSTINA OJEDA (Argentina), SOLANA TABENI (Argentina) & GUILLERMO D'ELÍA (Chile)
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Article
Zootaxa 3359: 55–64 (28 Jun. 2012) 3 plates; 61 references                  Accepted: 16 May 2012
A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene (Chasicoan SALMA) of Argentina
LAUREANO R. GONZÁLEZ-RUIZ, GUSTAVO J. SCILLATO-YANÉ, CECILIA M. KRMPOTIC & ALFREDO A. CARLINI (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3325: 1–25 (25 May 2012) 10 plates; 52 references                  Accepted: 28 Mar. 2012
Intrageneric relationships within Gerbilliscus (Rodentia, Muridae, Gerbillinae), with characterization of an additional West African species
LAURENT GRANJON (France), PAOLO COLANGELO (Italy), CAROLINE TATARD (France), MARC COLYN (France), GAUTHIER DOBIGNY (France) & VIOLAINE NICOLAS (France)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3280: 68 (26 Apr. 2012)
FERNANDES, F.A., FORNEL, R. & FREITAS, T.R.O (2012) Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys. Zootaxa, 3272, 57–68.
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Article
Zootaxa 3272: 57–68 (19 Apr. 2012) 16 plates; 66 references                  Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012
Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys 
FABIANO ARAUJO FERNANDES, RODRIGO FORNEL & THALES R. O. FREITAS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3250: 43–53 (29 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 56 references                  Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
Molecular phylogeny of Asiatic Short-Tailed Shrews, genus Blarinella Thomas, 1911 (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) and its taxonomic implications 
SHUNDE CHEN, SHAOYING LIU, YANG LIU, KAI HE, WEICAI CHEN, XIUYUE ZHANG, ZHENXIN FAN, FEIYUN TU, XIAODONG JIA & BISONG YUE (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3250: 1–25 (29 Mar. 2012) 7 plates; 50 references                  Accepted: 19 Jan. 2012
The genus Neoromicia (Family Vespertilionidae) in Madagascar, with the description of a new species 
STEVEN M. GOODMAN (USA), PETER J. TAYLOR (South Africa), 
FANJA RATRIMOMANARIVO (Madagascar) & STEVEN R. HOOFER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3235: 1–22 (15 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 46 references                  Accepted: 19 Jan. 2012
A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae) 
SHAO YING LIU (China), ZHI YU SUN (China) , YANG LIU(China), HAO WANG (China), PENG GUO (China) & ROBERT W. MURPHY (Canada)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3233: 67–68 (14 Mar. 2012) 0 plate; 18 references                  Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
A nomen novum for Protechinus Lavocat, 1961 (Mammalia, Erinaceidae), a junior homonym of the valid name Protechinus Noetling, 1897 (Echinoidea, Arbacioida) 
JELLE S. ZIJLSTRA (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3220: 1–28 (2 Mar. 2012) 8 plates; 102 references                  Accepted: 27 Jan. 2012
The taxonomic status of the Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus reservoir, Oligoryzomys utiaritensis Allen 1916 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) 
RODRIGO AGRELLOS, CIBELE R. BONVICINO, ELIZABETH SALBÉ T. ROSA, APARECIDO A. R. MARQUES, PAULO S. D’ANDREA & MARCELO WEKSLER (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3187: 57–68 (9 Feb. 2012) 5 plate; 30 references                           Accepted: 12 Dec. 2011
Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the Sri Lankan pigmy shrew Suncus fellowesgordoni (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) and its phylogenetic relationship with S. etruscus
SUYAMA MEEGASKUMBURA, MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA & CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER (USA)
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2011

Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 56–60 (23 Dec. 2011) 
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
D.E. WILSON & D.M. REEDER
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Article
Zootaxa 3138: 35–51 (21 Dec. 2011) 4 plates; 29 references                     Accepted: 2 Nov. 2011
Genetic evaluation of the Baja California rock squirrel Otospermophilus atricapillus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
SERGIO TICUL ÁLVAREZ-CASTAÑEDA & PATRICIA CORTÉS-CALVA (Mexico)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3135: 55–58 (19 Dec. 2011) 3 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
On the composite nature of the holotype of Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno et al., 1998 (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)
PABLO TETA (Argentina), ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina) & GUILLERMO D’ELÍA (Chile)
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Article
Zootaxa 3106: 42–59 (22 Nov. 2011) 10 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
Rediscovery of Rhipidomys ochrogaster J.A. Allen, 1901(Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with a redescription of the species
VÍCTOR PACHECO & MARÍA PERALTA (Peru)
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Zootaxa 3092: 63–64 (07 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
High level Mammalian taxonomy: a response to Hedges (2011)
ROBERT J. ASHER (UK) & KRISTOFER M. HELGEN (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3072: 1–286 (28 Oct. 2011) 147 plates; 413 references                   Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
A review of the biological diversity and distribution of small mammal taxa in the terrestrial ecoregions and protected areas of Nepal
MALCOLM J. PEARCH (UK)
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Article
Zootaxa 3059: 1–35 (14 Oct. 2011) 10 plates; 52 references                         Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys spinosissimus Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae) 
WALTER VERHEYEN (Belgium), JAN HULSELMANS (Belgium), WIM WENDELEN (Belgium), HERWIG LEIRS (Belgium), MARCO CORTI (Italy) THIERRY BACKELJAU (Belgium) & ERIK VERHEYEN (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 3041: 51–62 (24 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 35 references                         Accepted: 01 Sep. 2011
A new hyladelphine marsupial (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from cave deposits of northern Brazil 
ÉDISON VICENTE OLIVEIRA (Brazil), PATRICIA VILLA NOVA (Brazil), FRANCISCO J. GOIN (Argentina) & LEONARDO DOS SANTOS AVILLA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3027: 19–28 (15 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 12 Aug. 2011
A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Mid-dle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov. 
TÉO VEIGA DE OLIVEIRA, CESAR LEANDRO SCHULTZ, MARINA BENTO SOARES & CARLOS NUNES RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3024: 1–66 (13 Sep. 2011) 17 plates; 119 references               Accepted: 19 May 2011
Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex 
PETER J. TAYLOR, LEONID A. LAVRENCHENKO, MICHAEL D. CARLETON, ERIK VERHEYEN, NIGEL C. BENNETT, CAREL J. OOSTHUIZEN & SARITA MAREE
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Article
Zootaxa 3010: 47–57 (31 Aug. 2011) 4 plates; 36 references                         Accepted: 28 Jun. 2011
The taxonomic status of Lepus melainus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) based on nuclear DNA and morphological analyses 
JIANG LIU, PENG CHEN, LI YU, SHI-FANG WU, YA-PING ZHANG & XUELONG JIANG (P.R. China)
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Article
Zootaxa 2985: 41–54 (04 Aug. 2011) 7 plates; 25 references                     Accepted: 28 Jun. 2011
Morphometric and morphological variation in Myotis simus Thomas (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with an appraisal of the identity of Myotis guaycuru Proença based on the analysis of the type material 
RICARDO MORATELLI, ADRIANO L. PERACCHI & JOÃO A. DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2962: 1–20 (11 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 48 references                         Accepted: 14 Jun. 2011
On the identity of Lophostoma silvicolum occidentalis (Davis & Carter, 1978) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
PAÚL M. VELAZCO (USA) & RICHARD CADENILLAS (Peru)
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Article
Zootaxa 2925: 41–48 (21 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 31 May 2011
A new species of Glischropus from the Indochinese Subregion (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
GÁBOR CSORBA (Hungary)
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Article
Zootaxa 2918: 39–46 (14 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 30 references                         Accepted: 17 May 2011
A new species of mole-rat (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) from the Horn of Africa
SPARTACO GIPPOLITI & GIOVANNI AMORI (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 2880: 1–19 (17 May 2011) 8 plates; 32 references                       Accepted: 17 Mar. 2011
Morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic variation in Miniopterus bats from eastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species
STEVEN M. GOODMAN (USA), BEZA RAMASINDRAZANA (Madagascar), CLAUDETTE P. MAMINIRINA (Madagascar), M. CORRIE SCHOEMAN (South Africa) & BELINDA APPLETON (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 2812: 1–20 (8 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 56 references                              Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
Mitochondrial diversity of the white-toothed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Crocidura) in Vietnam
А.А. BANNIKOVA (Russia), А.V. ABRAMOV (Russia), А.V. BORISENKO (Canada), V.S. LEBEDEV (Russia) & V.V. ROZHNOV (Vietnam)
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Article
Zootaxa 2804: 15–24 (30 Mar. 2011) 5 plates; 33 references                      Accepted: 28 Jan. 2011
Morphological distinction of species of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) through ontogeny of cranial and dental characters
ANTONIO CARLOS DA S. A. NEVES & LEILA MARIA PESSÔA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2791: 30–40 (15 Mar. 2011) 5 plates; 43 references                        Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
Designation of a neotype for the Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
YURI L. R. LEITE, VILACIO CALDARA JÚNIOR, ANA CAROLINA LOSS, LEONORA PIRES COSTA, ÉVERTON R. A. MELO, JOSÉ RAMON GADELHA & ANTONIO ROSSANO M. PONTES (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2789: 1–34 (11 Mar. 2011) 19 plates; 76 references                         Accepted: 2 Feb. 2011
Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia River in central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat
RITA G. ROCHA (Portugal), EDUARDO FERREIRA (Portugal), BARBARA M. A. COSTA (Brazil), IRACY C. M. MARTINS (Brazil), YURI L. R. LEITE (Brazil), LEONORA P. COSTA (Brazil) & CARLOS FONSECA (Portugal)
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Article
Zootaxa 2788: 38–44 (11 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 30 references                        Accepted: 28 Jan. 2011
On the taxonomic status of the Brazilian mouse Calomys anoblepas Winge, 1887 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae)
ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS & PABLO TETA (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 2761: 1–33 (9 Feb. 2011) 14 plates; 85 references                            Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
Geographic variation, phylogeny and systematic status of Gracilinanus microtarsus (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
SIMONE LÓSS, LEONORA PIRES COSTA & YURI L. R. LEITE (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2755: 1–35 (2 Feb. 2011) 8 plates; 54 references                             Accepted: 23 Nov. 2010
A new species of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Choco forest of Ecuador
PABLO JARRÍN–V (Ecuador) & THOMAS H. KUNZ (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 2749: 47–61 (26 Jan. 2011) 7 plates; 41 references                         Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
Taxonomic status of Akodon oenos (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), an obscure species from West Central Argentina
ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina), PABLO TETA (Argentina), GUILLERMO D’ELÍA (Chile) & GABRIELA B. DIAZ (Argentina)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2744: 62–64 (19 Jan. 2011) 1 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 8 Dec. 2010
Akodon polopi Jayat et al., 2010 is a senior subjective synomym of Akodon viridescens Braun et al., 2010
GUILLERMO D’ELÍA (Chile), J. PABLO JAYAT (Argentina), PABLO E. ORTIZ (Argentina), JORGE SALAZAR-BRAVO (USA) & ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina)
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2010

Article
Zootaxa 2725: 41–56 (17 Dec. 2010) 1 plates; 66 references                         Accepted: 23 Nov. 2010
Bats of the Paranã River Valley, Tocantins and Goiás states, Central Brazil
ALEXANDRA M. R. BEZERRA & JADER MARINHO-FILHO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2724: 29–36 (16 Dec. 2010) 3 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 23 Nov. 2010
Endemic climbing cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae: Hydrochoerinae) from dry forest patches in the Cerrado domain: new data on distribution, natural history, and morphology
ALEXANDRA M. R. BEZERRA, CIBELE R. BONVICINO, ALBERT A. N. MENEZES & JADER MARINHO-FILHO (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2671: 61–64 (9 Nov. 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 15 Oct. 2010
A diagnostic character revisited: is there a fifth toe in the forefoot of Dasypus novemcinctus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae)?
FABIANA R. COSTA (Brazil) & SERGIO F. VIZCAÍNO (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 2660: 46–56 (28 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
Phylogenetic relationships within the cahirinus-dimidiatus group of the genus Acomys (Rodentia: Muridae): new mitochondrial lineages from Sahara, Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
DANIEL FRYNTA, KLÁRA PALUPČÍKOVÁ, ERICA BELLINVIA, PETR BENDA, HANA SKARLANTOVÁ, LUCIE SCHWARZOVÁ & DAVID MODRÝ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2648: 45–60 (18 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 62 references                             Accepted: 9 Sep. 2010
Taxonomic status of Andersen’s fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis aequatorialis) and revised classification of Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) 
PETER A. LARSEN, MARÍA R. MARCHÁN-RIVADENEIRA & ROBERT J. BAKER (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 2647: 51–60 (15 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 11 Sep. 2010
A phylogenetic analysis of Neotoma varia (Rodentia: Cricetidae), a rediscovered, endemic, and threatened rodent from Datil Island, Sonora, Mexico
SERGIO TICUL ÁLVAREZ-CASTAÑEDA & EVELYN RIOS (Mexico)
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Article
Zootaxa 2646: 26–42 (14 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 56 references                             Accepted: 7 Sep. 2010
An assessment of morphometric and molecular variation in Monodelphis dimidiata (Wagner, 1847) (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) 
JÚLIO FERNANDO VILELA, CLAUDIA AUGUSTA DE MORAES RUSSO & JOÃO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2637: 1–30 (6 Oct. 2010) 10 plates; 30 references                               Accepted: 2 Aug. 2010
Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa
MARC COLYN (France), JAN HULSELMANS (Belgium), GONTRAN SONET (Belgium), PASCAL OUDÉ (Benin), JAN DE WINTER (Germany), ARMAND NATTA (Benin), ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY (Belgium) & ERIK VERHEYEN (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 2634: 41–56 (4 Oct. 2010) 5 plates; 56 references                                 Accepted: 7 Sep. 2010
New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species
JONATHAN CRAMB & SCOTT HOCKNULL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 2615: 47–65 (17 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 63 references                          Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
Molecular phylogeny of long-tailed shrews (genus Sorex) from México and Guatemala
MARTHA ESTEVA (Mexico), FERNANDO A. CERVANTES (Mexico), SARA V. BRANT (USA) & JOSEPH A. COOK (USA)
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Zootaxa 2579: 30–44 (30 Aug. 2010) 6 plates; 56 references                           Accepted: 23 Jul. 2010
Mitochondrial DNA and morphometrical identification of a new species of Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) from West Africa 
VIOLAINE NICOLAS (France), AYODEJII OLAYEMI (Nigeria), WIM WENDELEN (Belgium) & MARC COLYN (France)
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Zootaxa 2552: 55–68 (29 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 16 Jun. 2010
A new thylacosmilid (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) from the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina
ANALÍA M. FORASIEPI & ALFREDO A. CARLINI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 2551: 1–36 (28 Jul. 2010) 8 plates; 57 references                                Accepted: 5 Jun. 2010
Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in western Indian Ocean members of the Chaerephon ‘pumilus’ complex (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the description of a new species from Madagascar
STEVEN M. GOODMAN (USA), WAHEEDA BUCCAS (South Africa), THESHNIE NAIDOO (South Africa), FANJA RATRIMOMANARIVO (Madagasca), PETER J. TAYLOR (South Africa) & JENNIFER LAMB (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2414: 41–51 (30 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 22 Feb. 2010
First record of Myotis flavus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from mainland China and a reassessment of its taxonomic status
TINGLEI JIANG, KEPING SUN, CHENGHAN CHOU, ZHENZHEN ZHANG & JIANG FENG (China)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2409: 1–61 (24 Mar. 2010) 16 plates; 97 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity
J. PABLO JAYAT (Argentina), PABLO E. ORTIZ (Argentina), JORGE SALAZAR-BRAVO (USA), ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina) & GUILLERMO D’ELÍA (Chile)
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Zootaxa 2392: 62–68 (8 Mar. 2010) 1 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 5 Dec. 2009
Phylogenetic position of the takin (Budorcas taxicolor) and the yak (Bos grunniens) within the family Bovidae
SHAOBIN WU, XIUYUE ZHANG, BISONG YUE, BO ZENG, JIANGHONG RAN (China)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2382: 1–71 (26 Feb. 2010) 47 plates; 133 references                          Accepted: 2 Nov. 2009
Trucidocynodon riograndensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Eucynodontia), a new cynodont from the Brazilian Upper Triassic (Santa Maria Formation)
TÉO VEIGA DE OLIVEIRA, MARINA BENTO SOARES & CESAR LEANDRO SCHULTZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2345: 60–68 (27 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 5 Dec. 2009
A new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from southern Vietnam and north-eastern Cambodia
PAULINA D. JENKINS (UK), ALEXEI V. ABRAMOV (Russia), VIATCHESLAV V. ROZHNOV (Russia) & ANNETTE OLSSON (Cambodia)
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Zootaxa 2339: 1–43 (20 Jan. 2010) 14 plates; 46 references                          Accepted: 17 Dec. 2009
A species-level revision of the North American brontotheres Eotitanops and Palaeosyops (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)
BRYN J. MADER (USA)
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Zootaxa 2336: 19–35 (15 Jan. 2010) 6 plates; 44 references                          Accepted: 2 Nov. 2009
A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil
CIBELE R. BONVICINO, JOÃO A. DE OLIVEIRA & ROSANA GENTILE (Brazil)
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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2262: 40-52 (12 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 42 references                          Accepted: 16 Sep. 2009
Mitochondrial DNA relationships among North Palaearctic Eptesicus (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) and past hybridization between Common Serotine and Northern Bat
ARTYUSHIN I. V., BANNIKOVA A. A., LEBEDEV V. S. & KRUSKOP S. V. (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2205: 1-36 (21 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 204 references                           Accepted: 24 Jun. 2009
A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)
MICHAEL HOFFMANN (USA), PETER GRUBB (UK), COLIN P. GROVES (Australia), RAINER HUTTERER (Germany), ERIK VAN DER STRAETEN (South Africa), NANCY SIMMONS (USA) & WIM BERGMANS (The Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2203: 1-21 (19 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 74 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Ichnotaxonomic revision of Ameghinichnus, a mammalian ichnogenus from the Middle Jurassic La Matilde Formation, Santa Cruz province, Argentina
SILVINA DE VALAIS (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2199: 58-68 (17 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2009
On the taxonomic status of the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Vietnam
ALEXEI V. ABRAMOV, ILYA G. MESCHERSKY & VIATCHESLAV V. ROZHNOV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2196: 48-58 (13 Aug. 2009) 5 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 17 Jul. 2009
Geographic variation of the Anderson’s Niviventer (Niviventer andersoni) (Thomas, 1911) (Rodentia: Muridae) of two new subspecies in China verified with cranial morphometric variables and pelage characteristics
SONG LI & JUNXING YANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2128: 39-60 (9 Jun. 2009) 9 plates; 53 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2009
Taxonomy and distribution of Abrawayaomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic with the description of a new species
ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina), PABLO TETA (Argentina) & GUILLERMO D’ELÍA (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2126: 41-57 (5 Jun. 2009) 6 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 21 Apr. 2009
A new species of Mountain Viscacha (Chinchillidae: Lagidium Meyen) from the Ecuadorean Andes
KARIM J. LEDESMA (Peru), FLORIAN A. WERNER (Germany), ANGEL E. SPOTORNO (Chile) & LUIS H. ALBUJA (Ecuador)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2110: 58-68 (18 May 2009) 3 plates; 38 references                          Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Neotype of Neofelis diardi (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae)
PER CHRISTIANSEN (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2044: 46-60 (18 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2009
First record of Hylomyscus walterverheyeni (Rodentia: Muridae) on the north-western side of the Sanaga River (western Cameroon)
ALAIN DIDIER MISSOUP (France), VIOLAINE NICOLAS (France), WIM WENDELEN (Belgium), CHARLES FELIX BILONG BILONG (Cameroon), CORINNE CRUAUD (France) & CHRISTIANE DENYS (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2005: 35-46 (9 Feb. 2009) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
A new large didelphid of the genus Thylophorops (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), from the late Tertiary of the Pampean Region (Argentina)
FRANCISCO J. GOIN, NATALIA ZIMICZ, MARTÍN DE LOS REYES & LEOPOLDO SOIBELZON (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1971: 50-58 (7 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 28 Nov. 2008
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Formosan black bear (Ursus thibetanus formosanus)
CHI-LI TSAI, YII-CHENG CHOU, CHIH-CHIN SHIH, HSI-CHI CHENG, CHIEH-CHUNG YANG & HSIAO-WEI KAO (R. China)
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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1961: 1-10 (10 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 41 references                           Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
C-heterochromatin variation in the karyotype reflects species level distinction between Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) in Turkey
ATILLA ARSLAN (Turkey), JAN ZIMA (Czech Rep.) & HALUK ÖZPARLAK (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1911: 31-51 (22 Oct 2008) 8 plates; 59 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
A new species of the genus Oxymycterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the vanishing Yungas of Argentina
J. PABLO JAYAT (Argentina), GUILLERMO D'ELíA (Chile), ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS (Argentina), M. DANIELA MIOTTI (Argentina) & PABLO E. ORTIZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1907: 47-60 (17 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 42 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
The karyotype of Blarinomys breviceps (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) with comments on its morphology and some ecological notes
LENA GEISE, HELENA G. BERGALLO, CARLOS E. L. ESBÉRARD, CARLOS F. D. ROCHA & MONIQUE VAN SLUYS (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1875: 1-31 (12 Sept. 2008) 16 plates; 50 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2008
A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray)
TERRY REARDON (Australia), MARK ADAMS (Australia), NORM M^CKENZIE (Australia) & PAULINA JENKINS (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1869: 1-82 (3 Sep. 2008) 5 plates; 236 references                           Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
HENDRIK TURNI & DIETER KOCK (Germany)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1861: 68 (1 Sep. 2008)  
Erratum ( JAYASANKAR, P. et al. (2008) Molecular Identification of Delphinids and Finless Porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa, 1853, 57-67.)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1861: 55-56 (1 Sep. 2008) 0 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
On the validity of Stegoloxodon Kretzoi, 1950 (Mammalia: Proboscidea)
GEORGI N. MARKOV (Bulgaria) & HARUO SAEGUSA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1853: 57-67 (20 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 24 Jul. 2008
Molecular Identification of Delphinids and Finless Porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
P. JAYASANKAR (India), B. ANOOP (India), VIVEKANANDAN (India), M. RAJAGOPALAN (India), K.M.M. YOUSUF (India), P. REYNOLD (India), P.K. KRISHNAKUMAR (Saudi Arabia), PL. KUMARAN (India), V.V. AFSAL (India) & ANOOP A. KRISHNAN (India)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1837: 1-85 (30 Jul. 2008) 30 plates; 67 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
A species level revision of Bridgerian and Uintan brontotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) exclusive of Palaeosyops
BRYN J. MADER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1824: 28-34 (16 Jul. 2008) 1 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 4 Jun. 2008
New records of Rhagomys rufescens (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil
FRANCISCO STEINER-SOUZA, PEDRO CORDEIRO-ESTRELA, ALEXANDRE REIS PERCEQUILLO, ANDRE FILIPE TESTONI & SERGIO LUIZ ALTHOFF (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1784: 39-57 (6 Jun. 2008) 7 plates; 49 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
New and noteworthy records of Rodentia (Erethizontidae, Sciuridae, and Cricetidae) from Paraguay
GUILLERMO D'ELIA (Chile), ISMAEL MORA (Paraguay), PHIL MYERS (USA) & ROBERT D. OWEN (Paraguay)
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Zootaxa 1768: 41-51 (14 May 2008) 3 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 26 Mar. 2008
Akodon cursor Winge, 1887 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): one or two species? New evidences based on molecular data
CRISTINA D. A. NOGUEIRA & VALERIA FAGUNDES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1758: 29-44 (28 Apr. 2008) 8 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
Rediscovery of Juliomys pictipes (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina: emended diagnosis, geographic distribution, and insights on genetic structure
ULYSES F. J. PARDINAS (Argentina), PABLO TETA (Argentina), GUILLERMO DELIA (Chile) & CARLOS GALLIARI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1756: 49-61 (24 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
Rediscovery and redescription of Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) andersoni Pine (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), an endemic Peruvian mouse opossum, with a reassessment of its affinities
Sergio Solari & Ronald H. Pine (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1753: 1-33 (21 Apr. 2008) 7 plates; 97 references                              Accepted: 1 Mar. 2008
Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of gerbil mice Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in South America, with a description of a new species
MICHAEL A. MARES, JANET K. BRAUN, BRANDI S. COYNER & RONALD A. VAN DEN BUSSCHE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1717: 39-50 (3 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 51 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2007
An interactive identification key for genets and oyans (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genettinae, Genetta spp. and Poiana spp.) using Xper²
PHILIPPE GAUBERT, ANTOINE CHALUBERT & GUILLAUME DUBUS (France)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1665: 43-51 (19 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
New data on morphology and natural history of Deltamys kempi Thomas, 1919 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from central-eastern Argentina
Pablo Teta, Gerardo Cueto & Olga Suarez (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1665: 19-30 (19 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 19 Nov. 2007
Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka
SUYAMA MEEGASKUMBURA (Sri Lanka), MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA (Sri Lanka), ROHAN PETHIYAGODA (Sri Lanka), KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI (Sri Lanka) & CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1663: 67-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  0 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Spermophilus torosensis Ozkurt et al., 2007 (Sciuridae, Rodentia) is a subjective junior synonym of Spermophilus taurensis Gunduz et al., 2007, a newly described ground squirrel from the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey
ISLAM GUNDUZ (Turkey), MAARIT JAAROLA (Sweden), COSKUN TEZ (Turkey), CAN YENIYURT (Turkey), P. DAVID POLLY (USA) & JEREMY B. SEARLE (UK)
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Zootaxa 1638: 51-57 (14 Nov. 2007)  2 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
The rediscovery and conservation status of the Bahian giant tree rat Phyllomys unicolor (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic forest of Brazil
YURI L. R. LEITE, SIMONE LOSS, RENAN P. REGO, LEONORA P. COSTA & CIBELE R. BONVICINO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1607: 21-34 (3 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 9 Sep. 2007
Morphometric differentiation between two murid rodents, Praomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) and Praomys rostratus (Miller, 1900), in West Africa
BERTIN K. AKPATOU (Reublique de Cote d'Ivoire), VIOLAINE NICOLAS (France), DEBRA PIRES (USA), ELIEZER N'GORAN (Reublique de Cote d'Ivoire) & MARC COLYN (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1589: 57-68 (19 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 18 Aug. 2007
Description of two new species of white-toothed shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain, Vietnam
PAULINA D. Jenkins (UK), ALEXEI V. Abramov (Russia), VIATCHESLAV V. Rozhnov (Vietnam) & OLGA V. Makarova (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1529: 1-15 (19 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2007
Taxonomic status of the genus Spermophilus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey and Iran with description of a new species
SAKIR ONDER OZKURT (Turkey), MUSTAFA SOZEN (Turkey), NURI YIGIT (Turkey), IRFAN KANDEMIR (Turkey), REYHAN COLAK (Turkey), MOHAMMED MORADI GHARKHELOO (Iran) & ERCUMENT COLAK (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1525: 31-40 (12 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
Phylogenetic relationships of Mesoamerican species of the genus Sciurus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
FEDERICO VILLALOBOS (Costa Rica), & FERNANDO CERVANTES-REZA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1505: 1-18 (14 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
New data on the distribution, natural history and morphology of Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein, 1830) (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)
ALEXANDRA M. R. BEZERRA, ANA PAULA CARMIGNOTTO, ANDREA P. NUNES & FLAVIO H. G. RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1498: 45-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Rediscovery of Mus nitidulus Blyth (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic murine rodent of the central basin of Myanmar
TOMOFUMI SHIMADA (Japan), KENNETH P. APLIN (Australia), PAULINA JENKINS (UK) & HITOSHI SUZUKI (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1470: 1-33 (10 May 2007) 7 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Type specimens of "insectivoran" mammals at the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin
Hendrik Turni (Germany), RAINER HUTTERER (Germany) & ROBERT ASHER (UK)
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Zootaxa 1463: 21-37 (30 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 41 references                          Accepted: 12 Mar. 2007
A new species of Juliomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil
LEONORA P. COSTA, SILVIA E. PAVAN, YURI L. R. LEITE & VALERIA FAGUNDES (Brazil)
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2006

Zootaxa 1383: 57-68 (18 Dec. 2006) 4 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
J.M.D. MIRANDA, I.P. BERNARDI & F.C. PASSOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1318: 59-68 (21 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 22  references                       Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
First record of the Dollman’s tree mouse (Prionomys batesi; Mammalia: Nesomyidae) in the Republic of Congo and additional description of this rare Central African rodent
C. DENYS, M. COLYN & V. NICOLAS (France)
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Zootaxa 1241: 1-36 (23 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 89 references                               Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A new endemic species of the subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus
T. CUCCHI (France), A. ORTH (France), J.-C. AUFFRAY (France), S. RENAUD (France), L. FABRE (France), J. CATALAN (France), E. HADJISTERKOTIS (Cyprus), F. BONHOMME (France) & J.-D. VIGNE (France) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 1-12 (11 May 2006) 6 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
A new species of capuchin monkey, genus Cebus Erxleben (Cebidae, Primates): found at the very brink of extinction in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre
A.R.M. PONTES, A. MALTA & P.H. ASFORA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1199: 61-68 (11 May 2006)  2 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)
J.F. VILELA, J.A. DE OLIVEIRA & C.R. BONVICINO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1142: 51-55 (8 Mar. 2006) 14 references                                                Accepted: 1 Feb. 2006
On the nomenclature of Bathyergidae and Fukomys n. gen. (Mammalia: Rodentia)
D. KOCK (Germany), C.M. INGRAM (USA), L.J. FRABOTTA (USA), R.L. HONEYCUTT (USA) & H. BURDA (Germany)
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2005

Zootaxa 913: 1-20 (21 Mar. 2005) 4 plates; 43 references                                Accepted: 1 Mar. 2005
The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): the generic status of Baiyankamys and description of a new species of Hydromys
K.M. HELGEN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 817: 1-19 (17 Jan. 2005) 9 plates, 34 references                                  Accepted: 8 Dec. 2004
Diversity of Quaternary Bats from Serra da Mesa (State of Goiás, Brazil)
M.P.D.A. FRACASSO & L.D.O. SALLES (Brazil)
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2004

Zootaxa 780: 1-14 (20 December 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands in the Torres Strait, Australia
K.M. HELGEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 431: 1-11 (12 February 2004) 4 plates; 32 references               Accepted: 26 January 2004
New record of Rhagomys rufescens (Thomas 1886) (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil
P.S. PINHEIRO, P.A. HARTMANN  & L. GEISE  (Brazil)
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2003

Zootaxa 160: 1-14 (12 March 2003) 2 plates; 59 references                         Accepted: 7 March 2003
Nomenclatural comments on the Rusty-spotted Genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) and designation of a neotype
P. GAUBERT (France) , M. TRANIER (France) , G. VERON (France), D. KOCK (Germany), A.E. DUNHAM (USA), P. J. TAYLOR (South Africa), C. STUART (South Africa), T. STUART (South Africa) & C. W. WOZENCRAFT (USA)
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