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Phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus): how many populations and how many taxa?
(1998)
To resolve the population genetic structure and phylogeography of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region sequences were compared among eight locations across the western Atlantic ...
Endemic rodents of the West Indies : the end of a splendid isolation
(1989)
The objective of this paper is to summarize the status of endangered, vulnerable, or rare rodents in the Middle American Region. This region includes Mexico, all of Central America south to the Colombian border, and the ...
Last endemic mammals in Hispaniola
(1981)
After searching many remote regions in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, the author discovered that the island's last two endemic mammals, formerly believed to be rare, are in fact common in some areas. But human pressures ...
Some urocoptid land snails from Hispaniola
(1976)
Four new species of Urocoptidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Dominican Republic are described. Three are tentatively placed in Autocoptis (A. eburata sp. n., A. argiphrix sp. n. and A. stibe sp. n.). The fourth (Allocoptis ...
Notes and descriptions of new Urocoptidae from Cuba and Hispaniola (Mollusca: Pulmonata)
(1966)
The following notes and descriptions of new species are based upon material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology which has been collected over the past several years. All species are members of the family Urocoptidae, one ...
Roedores fósiles de la Hispaniola
(1987)
Este estudio es la primera aproximación sistemática que se realiza en las Antillas con la finalidad de reunir datos e informaciones científicas sobre los roedores fósiles. El autor, reconocido paleontólogo dominicano, no ...
Guía para la identificación de los anfibios y réptiles de la Hispaniola
(1984)
Esta guía es de gran importancia y utilidad para especialistas y aficionados de la identificación de anfibios y reptiles de la Hispaniola y de la región del Caribe. Desde el año 1941, en el que Doris M. Cochran publicara ...
Hispaniolan giant Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae): description of a new species and notes on the ecology of D. warreni
(1985)
A third giant species of Diploglossus,D. carraui, is described from north-central República Dominicana. Comparisons between this species and D. warrenifrom Haiti and D. anelpistusfrom south-central República Dominicana are ...
Insularidad, anolis, ecología y evolución
(1986)
Este texto analiza los trabajos de zoogeografía que se han realizado en islas, debiddo a su extensión y faunas limitadas y mayor probabilidad de separar los diversos factores que afectan la distribución de los animales. ...
Solenodon paradoxus
(1910)
The Museum has recently been fortunate in securing from Santo Domingo, a series of specimens of the rare Solenodon paradoxus Brandt. Four of these were brought alive and were successfully photographed by Mr. George Nelson. ...