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How many pygmy marmoset (Cebuella Gray, 1870) species are there? A taxonomic re-appraisal based on new molecular evidence.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2018
Boubli Jean P, da Silva Maria N F, Rylands Anthony B, Nash Stephen D, Bertuol Fabrício, Nunes Mário, Mittermeier Russell A, Byrne Hazel, Silva Felipe E, Röhe Fábio, Sampaio Iracilda, Schneider Horacio, Farias Izeni P, Hrbek Tomas
Abstract excerpt
The pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea, the smallest of the New World monkeys, has one of the largest geographical distributions of the Amazonian primates. Two forms have been recognized: Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea (Spix, 1823), and C. p. niveiventris Lönnberg, 1940. In this study, we investigated if the separation of pygmy marmosets into these two clades can be corroborated by molecular data. We also examine and...
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