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Karyotypes of two rodents from perú, with a description of the highest diploid number recorded for a mammal

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Se describe los cariotipos deAnotomys leander y Agouti taczanowskii del Perú. Las cromosomas deA. leander son 92, el número más alto conocido de un mamífero. Informes anteriores deA. taczanowskii en el Perú son discutido.

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  1. Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    A. L. Gardner

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The 1968 LSU Peruvian expedition was supported byJohn S. McIlhenny, Eugene du Pont III, and a Louisiana State University Graduate. Research Council grant toGeorge H. Lowery Jr. I wish to thankJohn P. O'Neill of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, for assistance in the field,James L. Patton of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, for aid in preparing the karyotype ofAnotomys leander, andGuy G. Musser of the Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, for identifying theAnotomys. I also wish to thankMary Ann Gardner for preparation of the slides in the field.

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Gardner, A.L. Karyotypes of two rodents from perú, with a description of the highest diploid number recorded for a mammal. Experientia 27, 1088–1089 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02138898

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