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[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)

References

1. "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". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. "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". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
3. "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". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
4. "Cacajao ayresi Boubli, M. N. F. da Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual, & Farias". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. "Cacajao hosomi Boubli, M. N. F. da Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual, & Farias, 2008". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
6. "Voss & M. N. F. da Silva". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
7. "Coendou roosmalenorum Voss & M. N. F. da Silva, 2001". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
8. "Mesomys occultus Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. "Neacomys aletheia Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
13. "Neacomys elieceri Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
14. "Neacomys jau Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Carmignotto, & R. V. Rossi, 2021". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
15. "Neacomys marajoara Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
16. "Neacomys minutus Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
17. "Neacomys musseri Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
18. "Neacomys vossi Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
19. "Neacomys xingu Semedo, M. N. F. da Silva, Gutiérrez, D. C. Ferreira, M. da S. Nunes, Mendes-Oliveira, Farias, & R. V. Rossi, 2020". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
20. "Rhipidomys gardneri Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 29 October 2024.