Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva is a zoologist from Manaus, Brazil
Da Silva has, for many years, specialised in the study of Amazonian mammals and has described several new species, including the Tefe Spiny Rat and Gardner's Spiny Rat.
She has written, and contributed to, many papers and articles on the subject, and currently works for the National Institute of Amazonian Research.
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. 244:1-306Population 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. 90–102Rivers, Refuges, and Ridges: The Geography of Speciation of Amazonian Mammals (with James L. Patton)
