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 opossum
- Saguinus kulina, the Kulinas' mustached tamarin
- Plecturocebus grovesi, the Alta Floresta titi
- Cacajao ayresi, the Aracá uakari
- Cacajao hosomi, the Neblina uakari
- Coendou ichillus, the Streaked dwarf porcupine
- Coendou roosmalenorum, the Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
- Mesomys occultus, the Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
- Proechimys echinothrix, the Stiff-spine spiny rat
- Proechimys gardneri, the Gardner's spiny rat
- Proechimys kulinae, the Kulina spiny rat.
- Proechimys pattoni, the Patton's spiny rat
- Neacomys aletheia, the Upper Juruá bristly mouse
- Neacomys elieceri, the Eliécer's bristly mouse
- Neacomys jau, the Jaú bristly mouse
- Neacomys marajoara, the Marajó bristly mouse
- Neacomys minutus, the Minute bristly mouse
- Neacomys musseri, the Musser's bristly mouse
- Neacomys vossi, the Voss's bristly mouse
- Neacomys xingu, the Xingu bristly mouse
- Rhipidomys gardneri, the Gardner's climbing mouse
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''