Maria Nazareth F. da Silva
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 opossumSaguinus kulina, the Kulinas' mustached tamarinPlecturocebus grovesi, the Alta Floresta titiCacajao ayresi, the Aracá uakariCacajao hosomi, the Neblina uakariCoendou ichillus, the Streaked dwarf porcupineCoendou roosmalenorum, the Roosmalen's dwarf porcupineMesomys occultus, the Tufted-tailed spiny tree-ratProechimys echinothrix, the Stiff-spine spiny ratProechimys gardneri, the Gardner's spiny ratProechimys kulinae, the Kulina spiny rat.Proechimys pattoni, the Patton's spiny ratNeacomys aletheia, the Upper Juruá bristly mouseNeacomys elieceri, the Eliécer's bristly mouseNeacomys jau, the Jaú bristly mouseNeacomys marajoara, the Marajó bristly mouseNeacomys minutus, the Minute bristly mouseNeacomys musseri, the Musser's bristly mouseNeacomys vossi, the Voss's bristly mouseNeacomys xingu, the Xingu bristly mouseRhipidomys gardneri, the Gardner's climbing mouse
She has written, and contributed to, many papers and articles on the subject, and currently works for the National Institute of Amazonian Research.
Selected publications
- Mammals of the Rio Juruá: Evolutionary and ecological diversification within Amazonia. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 244:1-306
- Population Genetic Structure of two ecologically distinct Amazonian Spiny Rats:Separating History and Current Ecology
- Definition of Species of Pouched Four-Eyed Opossums Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 90–102
- ''Rivers, Refuges, and Ridges: The Geography of Speciation of Amazonian Mammals''