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This study focuses on the Atlantic Forest tree rats of the genus Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae), one of the most poorly understood mammal genera inhabiting the coastal rain forests Brazil, the most threatened lowland tropical forest in the world. The author summarizes their distribution, ecology and evolution, using a combination of morphological and molecular analyses, describes two new species, and provides the first systematic revision of the genus, which was originally described in 1839.

List of Figures,

ix

List of Tables,

xi

Acknowledgments,

xii

Abstract,

xiv

Resumo,

xv

INTRODUCTION

1

(6)

The genus Phyllomys,

1

(3)

Taxonomic History of Phyllomys,

1

(3)

The Atlantic Forest,

4

(1)

Objectives,

5

(1)

Conceptual Framework: Species Concepts,

5

(2)

MATERIALS AND METHODS

7

(12)

Specimens and Localities,

7

(6)

Specimens of Phyllomys,

7

(1)

Other Echimyid Taxa,

8

(1)

Gazetteer,

8

(5)

Morphology,

13

(3)

Age Categories,

13

(1)

Morphometric Analyses,

14

(2)

Karyotype,

16

(1)

Molecular Data and Phylogenetic Analyses,

16

(1)

Genetic Structure,

17

(1)

Natural History and Habitat Data,

18

(1)

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

19

(84)

Two New Species of Phyllomys,

19

(9)

Phyllomys lundi, sp. nov.,

19

(6)

Phyllomys mantiqueirensis, sp. nov.,

25

(3)

Molecular Phylogenetics,

28

(6)

Genetic Structure,

34

(5)

Biogeography,

39

(6)

Phylogeographic Patterns,

39

(2)

Spatial and Temporal Context,

41

(4)

The Genus,

45

(6)

Phyllomys Lund,

45

(1)

Distribution and Habitat,

45

(1)

Diagnosis,

45

(1)

Comparisons with Echimys, Makalata, and Diplomys,

46

(4)

Local names,

50

(1)

Species Accounts,

51

(28)

Phyllomys blainvilii (Jourdan, 1837),

56

(4)

Phyllomys brasiliensis Lund, 1840,

60

(3)

Phyllomys nigrispinus (Wagner, 1842),

63

(2)

Phyllomys unicolor (Wagner, 1842),

65

(1)

Phyllomys dasythrix Hensel, 1872,

66

(1)

Phyllomys thomasi (Ihering, 1897),

67

(2)

Phyllomys medius (Thomas, 1909),

69

(2)

Phyllomys lamarum (Thomas, 1916),

71

(1)

Phyllomys kern (Moojen, 1950),

72

(1)

Phyllomys pattoni Emmons et al., 2002,

73

(2)

Phyllomys lundi Leite, present report,

75

(1)

Phyllomys mantiqueirensis Leite, present report,

75

(1)

Phyllomys aff. dasythrix,

76

(2)

Unidentified Specimens,

78

(1)

Fossil Record,

78

(1)

Cranial Morphometrics,

79

(15)

Non-geographic Intraspecific Variation in P. blainvilii,

80

(3)

Interspecific Variation,

83

(11)

Natural History,

94

(4)

Reproduction,

94

(2)

Gut Morphology and Diet,

96

(1)

Arboreal Habits and Abundance,

96

(2)

Conservation,

98

(5)

Literature Cited,

103

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