• Source: Maria Nazareth F. da Silva

Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva is a zoologist from Manaus, Brazil.
Da Silva has, for many years, specialised in the study of Amazonian mammals. She has described several new species of mammals, most of which are rodents:

Metachirus aritanai, the Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum
Saguinus kulina, the Kulinas' mustached tamarin
Plecturocebus grovesi, the Alta Floresta titi
Cacajao ayresi, the Aracá uakari
Cacajao hosomi, the Neblina uakari
Coendou ichillus, the Streaked dwarf porcupine
Coendou roosmalenorum, the Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
Mesomys occultus, the Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
Proechimys echinothrix, the Stiff-spine spiny rat
Proechimys gardneri, the Gardner's spiny rat
Proechimys kulinae, the Kulina spiny rat.
Proechimys pattoni, the Patton's spiny rat
Neacomys aletheia, the Upper Juruá bristly mouse
Neacomys elieceri, the Eliécer’s bristly mouse
Neacomys jau, the Jaú bristly mouse
Neacomys marajoara, the Marajó bristly mouse
Neacomys minutus, the Minute bristly mouse
Neacomys musseri, the Musser's bristly mouse
Neacomys vossi, the Voss's bristly mouse
Neacomys xingu, the Xingu bristly mouse
Rhipidomys gardneri, the Gardner's climbing mouse

She has written, and contributed to, many papers and articles on the subject, and currently works for the National Institute of Amazonian Research.




Partial list of works



Mammals of the Rio Juruá: Evolutionary and ecological diversification within Amazonia. (with Patton, J.L. and J.R. Malcolm) (pub.2000) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 244:1-306
Population Genetic Structure of two ecologically distinct Amazonian Spiny Rats:Separating History and Current Ecology (with Marjorie D. Matocq and James L. Patton)
Definition of Species of Pouched Four-Eyed Opossums (Didelphidae, Philander) (with James L. Patton) Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 90–102
Rivers, Refuges, and Ridges: The Geography of Speciation of Amazonian Mammals (with James L. Patton)




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