Maria Nazareth F. da Silva

Brazilian zoologist

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 rodents:

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

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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)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F. (1998). "Four New species of spiny rats of the genus Proechimys (Rodentia : Echimyidae) from the Western Amazon of Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111: 436–471. ISSN 0006-324X.
^ Patton, J.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Proechimys echinothrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29463A22207611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T29463A22207611.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Patton, J.L.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Proechimys gardneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29466A22208352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29466A22208352.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.