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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Cavia intermedia is a rodent species critically endangered and is found only on a 10 hectare island off the southern Brazilian coast. To identify the ectoparasites of C.
André Luis Regolin +4 more
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2005 The diet of mara (Dolichotis patagonum, Zimmeraman 1780) within the limits of Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (San Luis, Argentina) is described. Other studies regarding mara’s diet showed that mara, feeds on different species of grasses and shrubs.
MOIRA S. SOMBRA, ANTONIO M. MANGIONE
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Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2000 The present study describes the fetal regions ethmoidalis and orbitotemporalis of the cranium of Galea musteloides and Kerodon rupestris and compares them with Galea spixii and Cavia porcellus. The fetal crania of these representatives of the Caviinae were serially sectioned and 3D plate reconstructions were built.
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Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Innovative approaches used to combat Chagas disease transmission tend to combine a set of comprehensive efforts to understand the ecology of local vectors. In this work we identified molecularly the blood meal of 181 Triatoma brasiliensis, distributed in
Maurício Lilioso +9 more
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Consumo y eficiencia digestiva del Mara, Dolichotis patagonum (Rodentia: Caviidae)
Ecología Austral, 1991 En la evaluation del ejecto de los herbivores silvestres sobre la pastura natural, es importante conocer sus requerimientos y la eficiencia de conversion del alimento.
Maura B. Kufner, Guillermo Durañona
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Micro-CT Analysis of Rodent Temporal Bones: Identifying Optimal Species for Otological Research. [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investig OtolaryngolABSTRACT Objectives Rodents are used in most otological research studies and the choice of the most appropriate animal model may be crucial in studies of ear diseases and in the development of effective treatments. Here, we used micro‐CT to compare temporal bone anatomy between four rodent model animals (guinea pigs, gerbils, rats, and mice) and humans,
Daoudi H +8 more
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Serosurveillance of Leishmania infantum in Zoo-Kept Animals in Spain. [PDF]
Zoonoses Public HealthABSTRACT Introduction Leishmaniosis is a sand fly‐borne zoonosis mainly caused by Leishmania infantum in Europe. Exposure to this protozoan has been widely reported in many domestic and wild species. However, epidemiological surveys evaluating the circulation of L. infantum in zoo‐kept animals remain limited. This large‐scale study aims to evaluate the
Barbero-Moyano J +11 more
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Range extension of Cavia tschudii Fitzinger, 1867 (Mammalia: Caviidae) and first record in Catamarca, northwestern Argentina [PDF]
Check List, 2012 We report the first record of the genus Cavia and the species Cavia tschudii (Rodentia, Caviidae) in Catamarca province, northwestern Argentina, which represents a range extension of about 110 km southward for the species.
Pablo Ortiz, J. Jayat
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Bioscience Journal, 2015 The Kerodon rupestris are wild rodents bred in captivity in order to their conservation and development of researches. The aim of this study was describe the morphology of the tongue from eight animals by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy,
Amilton Cesar dos Santos +8 more
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Systematic review of Neocavia from the Neogene of Argentina: Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018 Caviidae is one of the groups of rodents with the greatest ecomorphological disparity, and with currently three known lineages: Caviinae (cuises), Dolichotinae (maras), and Hydrochoerinae (capybaras).
M. Carolina Madozzo-Jaén +3 more
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