Geographic variation in Caluromys derbianus and Caluromys lanatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2015 We analyzed the geographic variations in the shape and size of the cranium and mandible of two woolly opossums, Caluromys derbianus and Caluromys lanatus. Using geometric morphometrics we analyzed 202 specimens of C.
Raul Fonseca, Diego Astúa
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Marked decline in forest-dependent small mammals following habitat loss and fragmentation in an Amazonian deforestation frontier. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Agricultural frontier expansion into the Amazon over the last four decades has created million hectares of fragmented forests. While many species undergo local extinctions within remaining forest patches, this may be compensated by native species from ...
Palmeirim AF, Santos-Filho M, Peres CA.
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Marsupials (Didelphidae, Mammalia) of Mato Grosso do Sul state (Brazil): taxonomic accounts, species richness, and biogeography [PDF]
ZooKeysThe marsupials of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) state in southwestern Brazil are still poorly known, with most research being concentrated around the Pantanal wetland.
Nilton C. Cáceres +3 more
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Common distribution patterns of marsupials related to physiographical diversity in Venezuela. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 The aim of this study is to identify significant biotic regions (groups of areas with similar biotas) and biotic elements (groups of taxa with similar distributions) for the marsupial fauna in a part of northern South America using physiographical areas ...
Ventura J +3 more
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The parasitism of Ixodes luciae (Acari: Ixodidae) on marsupials and rodents in Peruvian Amazon O parasitismo do Ixodes luciae (Acari: ixodidae) em marsupiais e em roedores na Amazônia Peruana [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2009 In this work the infestation with I. luciae on Didelphimorphia and Rodentia in different environments of Peruvian Amazon was studied. Didelphimorphia was represented by the family Didelphidae.
María Mónica Díaz +2 more
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American marsupials chromosomes: Why study them? [PDF]
Genet Mol Biol, 2009 Marsupials, one of the three main groups of mammals, are only found in Australia and in the American continent. Studies performed in Australian marsupials have demonstrated the great potential provided by the group for the understanding of basic genetic ...
Svartman M.
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Revisión biogeográfica de los marsupiales del Parque Nacional del Manú, Perú [PDF]
Espacio y Desarrollo, 1991 Se revisó los datos biogeográficos de las 9 especies de marsupiales presentes en el Parque Nacional del Manú, Estación Biológica de Cocha Cashu y Puesto de Pakitza, según fuentes escritas, datos de colecta de los museos de Historia Natural de la ...
Bethzabé Guevara Gálvez
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Non-volant mammals (Mammalia) from Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins [PDF]
, 2011 A comunidade de mamíferos terrestres foi amostrada em três localidades (1-Mateiros, TO; 2- Rio da Conceição, TO e 3- Formosa do Rio Preto, BA) no interior da Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins.
AIRES, Caroline Cotrim +1 more
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Predation attempt on a road-killed brown-eared woolly opossum (<i>Caluromys lanatus</i>) by a black-horned capuchin (<i>Sapajus nigritus</i>) [PDF]
Neotropical Primates, 2012 No ...
Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira +1 more
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Four new reports of mammal species from Tayrona National Park, Colombia
Mammalogy Notes, 2016 This protected area is one of the most visited in the country. However, information regarding basic biodiversity inventories and especially for mammals is scarce (Jimenez-Alvarado et al. 2015).
Alexandra Pineda-Guerrero +1 more
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