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Maria Nazareth F. da Silva

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Brazilian zoologist

Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva is azoologist fromManaus,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 arerodents:

Metachirus aritanai, theAritana's brown four-eyed opossum^[1]
Saguinus kulina, theKulinas' mustached tamarin^[2]
Plecturocebus grovesi, theAlta Floresta titi^[3]
Cacajao ayresi, theAracá uakari^[4]
Cacajao hosomi, theNeblina uakari^[5]
Coendou ichillus, theStreaked dwarf porcupine^[6]
Coendou roosmalenorum, theRoosmalen's dwarf porcupine^[7]
Mesomys occultus, theTufted-tailed spiny tree-rat^[8]
Proechimys echinothrix, theStiff-spine spiny rat^[9]^[10]
Proechimys gardneri, theGardner's spiny rat^[9]^[11]
Proechimys kulinae, theKulina spiny rat.^[9]
Proechimys pattoni, thePatton's spiny rat^[9]
Neacomys aletheia, theUpper Juruá bristly mouse^[12]
Neacomys elieceri, theEliécer's bristly mouse^[13]
Neacomys jau, theJaú bristly mouse^[14]
Neacomys marajoara, theMarajó bristly mouse^[15]
Neacomys minutus, theMinute bristly mouse^[16]
Neacomys musseri, theMusser's bristly mouse^[17]
Neacomys vossi, theVoss's bristly mouse^[18]
Neacomys xingu, theXingu bristly mouse^[19]
Rhipidomys gardneri, theGardner's climbing mouse^[20]

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

Selected publications

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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)
da Silva, M. N. F.; Langguth, A. (1989-11-27)."A New Record of Glironia venusta from the Lower Amazon, Brazil".Journal of Mammalogy.70 (4):873–875.doi:10.2307/1381733.ISSN 1545-1542. Retrieved2025-12-07.
Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Patton, James L. (1993)."Amazonian Phylogeography: mtDNA Sequence Variation in Arboreal Echimyid Rodents (Caviomorpha)".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.2 (3):243–255.doi:10.1006/mpev.1993.1023. Retrieved2025-12-07.
Patton, James L.; Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (1994)."GENE GENEALOGY AND DIFFERENTIATION AMONG ARBOREAL SPINY RATS (RODENTIA: ECHIMYIDAE) OF THE AMAZON BASIN: A TEST OF THE RIVERINE BARRIER HYPOTHESIS".Evolution.48 (4):1314–1323.doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1994.tb05315.x.ISSN 0014-3820. Retrieved2025-12-07.
Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Patton, James L. (1998)."Molecular phylogeography and the evolution and conservation of Amazonian mammals".Molecular Ecology.7 (4):475–486.doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00276.x.ISSN 0962-1083. Retrieved2025-12-07.
Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000)."MAMMALS OF THE RIO JURUÁ AND THE EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION OF AMAZONIA".Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.244 (1): 1.doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2.ISSN 0003-0090. Retrieved2025-12-07.