Alfred Gardner, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
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Mammals of South America, Volume 1, Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats Mammals of South America, Volume 1, Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the world?s richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic reference to the identification, distribution, and taxonomy of its mammals. The first such book of its kind and the inaugural volume in a three-part series, Mammals of South America both summarizes existing information and...
A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador
We describe Lonchophylla orcesi, sp. nov., from the Choco, a region of high biotic diversity, endemism, and rainfall along the western Andean slopes and Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador. One of the largest known Lonchophylla, it occurs sympatrically with at least two other species of Lonchophylla including the similar, but somewhat smaller L. robusta. We also recognize L. concava...
Authors
Luis Albuja V., Alfred L. Gardner
On the relationships of 'Marmosa' formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the Chaco of northern Argentina On the relationships of 'Marmosa' formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the Chaco of northern Argentina
The holotype and only known specimen of Marmosa formosa Shamel, a nominal species currently synonymized with Gracilinanus agilis Burmeister, is strikingly unlike any other known didelphid marsupial. Phylogenetic analyses based on nonmolecular characters and IRBP sequences suggest that formosa is either the sister-taxon of Thylamys (including Lestodelphys) or Monodelphis. Because neither
Authors
Robert Voss, Afred Gardner, Sharon Jansa
A guide to constructing and understanding synonymies for mammalian species A guide to constructing and understanding synonymies for mammalian species
No abstract available.
Authors
A. Gardner, V. Hayssen
Marsupials from Argentina: Comments on Ojeda and Monjeau (1995) Marsupials from Argentina: Comments on Ojeda and Monjeau (1995)
No abstract available.
Authors
M.C. Pinto, Afred Gardner
The type specimen of Anoura geoffroyi lasiopyga (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) The type specimen of Anoura geoffroyi lasiopyga (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
In 1868, Wilhelm Peters described Glossonycteris lasiopyga, based on a specimen provided by Henri de Saussure and collected in Mexico. The type specimen was presumed to be among those housed in the collections of the Zoologisches Museum of the Humboldt Universitat in Berlin, Germany. Our study of one of Saussure?s specimens from Mexico, discovered in the collections of the Museum d...
Authors
Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, A. Gardner
Generic names of northern and southern fur seals (Mammalia: Otariidae) Generic names of northern and southern fur seals (Mammalia: Otariidae)
We have resolved a nomenclatural problem discovered during research on the northern fur seal that concerns the correct generic name for this taxon and for fur seals of the Southern Hemisphere. The unfortunate practice by some 19th-century authors to use names in their Latinized form but to date them from their first appearance as French common names led to the use of Arctocepbalus for...
Authors
Alfred L. Gardner, C. Brian Robbins
Tonatia carrikeri Tonatia carrikeri
No abstract available.
Authors
Timothy McCarthy, Alfred Gardner, Charles Handley
Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. territories, and Canada Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. territories, and Canada
On 30 January 1980 the Policy Group of the 1978 Interagency Agreement on Classifications and Inventory established a work group on fish and wildlife species names. The participating agencies were the Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Geological Survey, and Soil Conservation Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service was assigned the role of establishing...
Authors
Richard Banks, Roy McDiarmid, Alfred L. Gardner
The chromosomes of the Didelphidae (Marsupialia) and their evolutionary significance The chromosomes of the Didelphidae (Marsupialia) and their evolutionary significance
One hundred and seventy-seven specimens of American didelphids, representing 9 genera and 22 species have been studied for their chromosomal constitution. Didelphids are very conservative in chromosomal complements. All of the studied species can be sorted into one of three kinds of karyotypes: 2n= 14 (three species of Didelphis, one of Lutreolina, two of Philander, and one of...
Authors
O. Reig, Alfred Gardner, N. Bianchi, James Patton
Chromosomal variation in Vampyressa and a review of chromosomal evolution in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera) Chromosomal variation in Vampyressa and a review of chromosomal evolution in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera)
Comparisons of the karyotypes of the species of Vampyressa suggest two modes of chromosomal rearrangements in the derivation of the Vampyressa karyotypes: pericentric inversions in V. brocki, V. nymphaea, and V. bidens; and translocations (fusions) in V. melissa and the variants of V. pusilla. This Vampyressa phylogenetic model was used to evaluate the possible derivations of the...
Authors
Alfred L. Gardner
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Filter Total Items: 25
Mammals of South America, Volume 1, Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats Mammals of South America, Volume 1, Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats
The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the world?s richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic reference to the identification, distribution, and taxonomy of its mammals. The first such book of its kind and the inaugural volume in a three-part series, Mammals of South America both summarizes existing information and...
A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Ecuador
We describe Lonchophylla orcesi, sp. nov., from the Choco, a region of high biotic diversity, endemism, and rainfall along the western Andean slopes and Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador. One of the largest known Lonchophylla, it occurs sympatrically with at least two other species of Lonchophylla including the similar, but somewhat smaller L. robusta. We also recognize L. concava...
Authors
Luis Albuja V., Alfred L. Gardner
On the relationships of 'Marmosa' formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the Chaco of northern Argentina On the relationships of 'Marmosa' formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the Chaco of northern Argentina
The holotype and only known specimen of Marmosa formosa Shamel, a nominal species currently synonymized with Gracilinanus agilis Burmeister, is strikingly unlike any other known didelphid marsupial. Phylogenetic analyses based on nonmolecular characters and IRBP sequences suggest that formosa is either the sister-taxon of Thylamys (including Lestodelphys) or Monodelphis. Because neither
Authors
Robert Voss, Afred Gardner, Sharon Jansa
A guide to constructing and understanding synonymies for mammalian species A guide to constructing and understanding synonymies for mammalian species
No abstract available.
Authors
A. Gardner, V. Hayssen
Marsupials from Argentina: Comments on Ojeda and Monjeau (1995) Marsupials from Argentina: Comments on Ojeda and Monjeau (1995)
No abstract available.
Authors
M.C. Pinto, Afred Gardner
The type specimen of Anoura geoffroyi lasiopyga (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) The type specimen of Anoura geoffroyi lasiopyga (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
In 1868, Wilhelm Peters described Glossonycteris lasiopyga, based on a specimen provided by Henri de Saussure and collected in Mexico. The type specimen was presumed to be among those housed in the collections of the Zoologisches Museum of the Humboldt Universitat in Berlin, Germany. Our study of one of Saussure?s specimens from Mexico, discovered in the collections of the Museum d...
Authors
Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, A. Gardner
Generic names of northern and southern fur seals (Mammalia: Otariidae) Generic names of northern and southern fur seals (Mammalia: Otariidae)
We have resolved a nomenclatural problem discovered during research on the northern fur seal that concerns the correct generic name for this taxon and for fur seals of the Southern Hemisphere. The unfortunate practice by some 19th-century authors to use names in their Latinized form but to date them from their first appearance as French common names led to the use of Arctocepbalus for...
Authors
Alfred L. Gardner, C. Brian Robbins
Tonatia carrikeri Tonatia carrikeri
No abstract available.
Authors
Timothy McCarthy, Alfred Gardner, Charles Handley
Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. territories, and Canada Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. territories, and Canada
On 30 January 1980 the Policy Group of the 1978 Interagency Agreement on Classifications and Inventory established a work group on fish and wildlife species names. The participating agencies were the Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Geological Survey, and Soil Conservation Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service was assigned the role of establishing...
Authors
Richard Banks, Roy McDiarmid, Alfred L. Gardner
The chromosomes of the Didelphidae (Marsupialia) and their evolutionary significance The chromosomes of the Didelphidae (Marsupialia) and their evolutionary significance
One hundred and seventy-seven specimens of American didelphids, representing 9 genera and 22 species have been studied for their chromosomal constitution. Didelphids are very conservative in chromosomal complements. All of the studied species can be sorted into one of three kinds of karyotypes: 2n= 14 (three species of Didelphis, one of Lutreolina, two of Philander, and one of...
Authors
O. Reig, Alfred Gardner, N. Bianchi, James Patton
Chromosomal variation in Vampyressa and a review of chromosomal evolution in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera) Chromosomal variation in Vampyressa and a review of chromosomal evolution in the Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera)
Comparisons of the karyotypes of the species of Vampyressa suggest two modes of chromosomal rearrangements in the derivation of the Vampyressa karyotypes: pericentric inversions in V. brocki, V. nymphaea, and V. bidens; and translocations (fusions) in V. melissa and the variants of V. pusilla. This Vampyressa phylogenetic model was used to evaluate the possible derivations of the...
Authors
Alfred L. Gardner