Leonora Pires Costa

Leonora Pires Costa, Brazilian mammalogist.

Laboratório de Mastozoologia e Biogeografia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Emmons, L.H., Leite, Y.L.R., Kock, D. & Costa, L.P. 2002. A review of the named forms of Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae), with the description of a new species from coastal Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3380: 1–40. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)380<0001:AROTNF>2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

Costa, L.P., Pavan, S.E., Leite, Y.L.R. & Fagundes, V. 2007. A new species of Juliomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 1463: 23–37. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Percequillo, A.R., Weksler, M. & Costa, L.P. 2011. A new genus and species of rodent from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with comments on oryzomyine biogeography. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 357–390. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00643.x Reference page.
Costa, B.M.A., Geise, L., Pereira, L.G. & Costa, L.P. 2011. Phylogeography of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) and description of two new species from southeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 92(5): 945–962. DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-249.1 Reference page.
Rocha, R.G., Ferreira, E., Costa, B.M.A., Martins, I.C.M., Leite, Y.L.R., Costa, L.P. & Fonseca, C. 2011. Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia River in central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat. Zootaxa 2789: 1–34. Preview Reference page.

Pontes, A.R.M., Gadelha, J.R., Melo, E.R.A., Sá, F.B., Loss, A.C., Caldara Junior, V., Costa, L.P. & Leite, Y.L.R. 2013. A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3636(3): 421–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.2 Reference page.

Duda, R. & Costa, L.P. 2015. Morphological, morphometric and genetic variation among cryptic and sympatric species of southeastern South American three-striped opossums (Monodelphis: Mammalia: Didelphidae). Zootaxa 3936(4): 485–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.2 Reference page.