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Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.
Present‐day Amazonia has an impoverished fauna of large folivorous mammals by comparison with African rainforests, but recent fossil discoveries suggest that late‐Quaternary anthropogenic extinctions could account for most size and trophic faunal mismatches.
Robert S. Voss
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual observation of an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) eating an adult Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

, 2011
The behaviour of an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) eating from an adult Linnaeus’ two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) was described. Observation was made at the Viruá National Park of northern Brazil.
Chávez, Cuauhtémoc, Francisco Palomares, Calzada, Javier, Cuauhtémoc Chávez, Beatriz A. Ribeiro, Denise Prado, Palomares, F., Claudia Keller, Ribeiro, Beatriz A., Revilla, Eloy, Palomares, Francisco, Prado, Denise, Javier Calzada, Keller, Claudia, Miguel Delibes, Eloy Revilla, Delibes, M., Delibes, Miguel   +17 more
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Wildlife species, Ixodid fauna and new host records for ticks in an Amazon forest area, Rondônia, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2018
The objective of this work was to evaluate the diversity of ticks associated with free-living animals and to investigate new host records for ticks. Ticks were collected from animals rescued during the flood of the Jamari River in the municipality of ...
Namor Pinheiro Zimmermann, André de Abreu Rangel Aguirre, Vinicius da Silva Rodrigues, Marcos Valério Garcia, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Isabella Maiumi Zaidan Blecha, Pamella Oliveira Duarte, Breno Cayeiro Cruz, Rodrigo Casquero Cunha, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Renato Andreotti   +10 more
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Mineral Licks: An Overlooked Model System for Species Interactions

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.
Previous research on natural mineral licks has focused largely on characterizing the soil properties of the licks and describing the species that consume the minerals, yet mineral licks are also hubs of species interactions, where predators hunt prey, diseases are spread, and social information is transferred.
Brian M. Griffiths, David C. Luther, Henry S. Pollock   +2 more
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Arboreal camera trapping reveals diel-vertical migrations in arboreal wildlife of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest

Environmental Research: Ecology
Tropical forests harbor much of Earth’s biodiversity, with the ground to emergent canopy forming dynamic three-dimensional habitats. Arboreal and semi-arboreal species navigate the vertically heterogeneous environment, in temperature, light, predation ...
Arata Honda, Chris Beirne, Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya, Flor Perez Mullisaca, Caleb Quispe Quispe, Rosio Vega Quispe, Eleanor Flatt, Andrew Whitworth   +7 more
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Lethal Canine Distemper Virus (Morbillivirus canis) Outbreak in Free‐Ranging Black‐Tufted Marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) in Brazil: Clinical, Pathological, Genotypical Evaluation, and Assessment of Viral Tropism

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Canine distemper virus (CDV; Morbilivirus canis) is a morbillivirus with worldwide distribution. The virus belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae, which includes highly pathogenic viruses such as measles virus (MeV) (Measles virus) and rinderpest virus (Rinderpest morbillivirus).
Bruna Hermine de Campos, Daniel Oliveira dos Santos, Janaina Ribeiro Duarte, Vinicius Henrique Barbosa Amaral, Caio de Castro Cunha Figueiredo, André Duarte Vieira, Letícia Neves Ribeiro, Lucas dos Reis Souza, Nayara Ferreira de Paula, Grazielle Cossenzo Florentino Galinari, Sara Cândida Ferreira dos Santos, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino, Paulo Eduardo de Souza da Silva, Natália Rocha Guimarães, Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé, Maurício Teixeira Lima, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Herlandes Penha Tinoco, Peter MacGarr Rabinowitz, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Erica Azevedo Costa, Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Renato Lima Santos, Marcelo Pires Nogueira de Carvalho, Gianmarco Ferrara   +26 more
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Of flippers and wings: The locomotor environment as a driver of the evolution of forelimb morphological diversity in mammals

Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 10, Page 2231-2246, October 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The early diversification of tetrapods into terrestrial environments involved adaptations of their locomotor apparatus that allowed for weight support and propulsion on heterogeneous surfaces.
Priscila S. Rothier, Anne‐Claire Fabre, Roger B. J. Benson, Quentin Martinez, Pierre‐Henri Fabre, Brandon P. Hedrick, Anthony Herrel   +6 more
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Patterns of mineral lick visitation by Linnaeus's two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus (Pilosa, Megalonychidae) in eastern Ecuador

, 2019
Geophagy involves the consumption of soil to supplement diets and to facilitate digestive processes. We used camera traps to document the use of a salt lick by Linnaeus's two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) from December 2014 to November
Vinueza-Hidalgo, Gabriela, Mosquera, Diego, Blake, John G.   +2 more
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Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2001
This is a review of the research undertaken since 1971 on the behavior and physiological ecology of sloths. The animals exhibit numerous fascinating features. Sloth hair is extremely specialized for a wet tropical environment and contains symbiotic algae.
Gilmore D.P., Da Costa C.P., Duarte D.P.F.   +2 more
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Caracterització de la població de Bradypus variegatus i Choloepus hoffmanni a INBioparque, Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2014
Estudi centrat en la caracterització de la població de peresosos (Choloepus Hoffmanni i Bradypus variegatus) d'INBioparque (Costa Rica) per tal de donar continuïtat al projecte de Casalé i Delclòs, 2010.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències, Clota Palau, Gemma   +1 more
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