Maria Nazareth F. da Silva explained

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^[1]
• Saguinus kulina, the Kulinas' mustached tamarin^[2]
• Plecturocebus grovesi, the Alta Floresta titi^[3]
• Cacajao ayresi, the Aracá uakari^[4]
• Cacajao hosomi, the Neblina uakari^[5]
• Coendou ichillus, the Streaked dwarf porcupine^[6]
• Coendou roosmalenorum, the Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine^[7]
• Mesomys occultus, the Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat^[8]
• Proechimys echinothrix, the Stiff-spine spiny rat^{[9] [10]}
• Proechimys gardneri, the Gardner's spiny rat^{[9] [11]}
• Proechimys kulinae, the Kulina spiny rat.^[9]
• Proechimys pattoni, the Patton's spiny rat^[9]
• Neacomys aletheia, the Upper Juruá bristly mouse^[12]
• Neacomys elieceri, the Eliécer’s bristly mouse^[13]
• Neacomys jau, the Jaú bristly mouse^[14]
• Neacomys marajoara, the Marajó bristly mouse^[15]
• Neacomys minutus, the Minute bristly mouse^[16]
• Neacomys musseri, the Musser's bristly mouse^[17]
• Neacomys vossi, the Voss's bristly mouse^[18]
• Neacomys xingu, the Xingu bristly mouse^[19]
• Rhipidomys gardneri, the Gardner's climbing mouse^[20]

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)

Notes and References

1. 29 October 2024. Metachirus aritanai C. L. Miranda, M. D. S. Nunes, A. F. Machado, Farias, Menezes, Ardente, dos Santos-Filho, Bredin, & M. N. F. da Silva, 2023. 1006690.
2. 29 October 2024. 1006696. Saguinus kulina G. P. Lopes, Rohe, Bertuol, Polo, I. J. Lima, Valsecchi, T. C. M. Santos, Nash, M. N. F. da Silva, Boubli, Farias, & Hrbek, 2023.
3. 1000878. 29 October 2024. Plecturocebus grovesi Boubli, Byrne, M. N. F. da Silva, e Silva Júnior, Costa Araújo, Bertuol, J. Gonçalves, de Melo, Rylands, Mittermeier, F. E. Silva, Nash, G. Canale, R. de M. Alencar, R. V. Rossi, J. Carneiro, I. Sampaio, Farias, H. Schneider, & Hrbek, 2019.
4. 1000893. 29 October 2024. Cacajao ayresi Boubli, M. N. F. da Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual, & Farias.
5. 1000895. 29 October 2024. Cacajao hosomi Boubli, M. N. F. da Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual, & Farias, 2008.
6. 29 October 2024. 1001241. Voss & M. N. F. da Silva.
7. 1001249. 29 October 2024. Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001.
8. 29 October 2024. 1001418. Mesomys occultus Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000.
9. Da Silva . Maria Nazareth F. . Maria Nazareth F. da Silva . 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 . en . 111 . 436–471 . 0006-324X.
10. Patton, J. . Percequillo, A. . 2016 . Proechimys echinothrix . 2016 . e.T29463A22207611 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T29463A22207611.en . 12 November 2021.
11. Patton, J.L. . Percequillo, A. . 2016 . Proechimys gardneri . 2016 . e.T29466A22208352 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29466A22208352.en . 12 November 2021.
12. 1006593. 29 October 2024. Neacomys aletheia Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021.
13. 29 October 2024. 1006594. Neacomys elieceri Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021.
14. 1006595. 29 October 2024. Neacomys jau Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021.
15. 1002580. Neacomys marajoara Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020.
16. 1002581. 29 October 2024. Neacomys minutus Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000.
17. 1002582. 29 October 2024. Neacomys musseri Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000.
18. 1002589. Neacomys vossi Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020. 29 October 2024.
19. 1002590. Neacomys xingu Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020. 29 October 2024.
20. 1002768. 29 October 2024. Rhipidomys gardneri Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000.