First record of Drymoreomys albimaculatus Percequillo, Weksler & Costa, 2011 (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil [PDF]
Here we report the first record of Drymoreomys albimaculatus Percequillo, Weksler & Costa, 2011 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. One specimen was captured at Serra da Bocaina National Park, municipality of Paraty. The
Ana Delciellos +4 more
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Ontogeny of the malleus in Mesocricetus auratus (Mammalia, Rodentia): Systematic and functional implications for the muroid middle ear. [PDF]
Abstract The three mammalian auditory ossicles enhance sound transmission from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. The anterior anchoring of the malleus is one of the key characters for functional classification of the auditory ossicles. Previous studies revealed a medial outgrowth of the mallear anterior process, the processus internus ...
Fritzsche F, Maier W, Ruf I.
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Oryzomys palustris (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Abstract Oryzomys palustris (Harlan, 1837), the common marsh rice rat, is an Oryzomyine rodent with a tail nearly as long as the head and body, grayish above and white below with long-toed white feet. This account is an update of Mammalian Species 176 on the subject species by James L.
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Eligmodontia morgani(Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Abstract: Eligmodontia morgani Allen, 1901, is a sigmodontine rodent commonly known as the western Patagonian laucha. A small, delicate, arid-adapted rodent, it is 1 of 7 currently recognized species in the genus Eligmodontia. The species occurs in the semiarid steppe habitat of western Patagonia of Argentina and Chile. E.
Coyner, Brandi S., Braun, Janet K.
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Population dynamics of Euryoryzomys russatus and Oligoryzomys nigripes (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in an Atlantic forest area, Santa Catarina Island, Southern Brazil [PDF]
The population dynamics and reproductive issues of two species of rodents of the family Cricetidae, Rice Rats (Euryoryzomys russatus) and Pygmy Rice Rats (Oligoryzomys nigripes), were studied for 24 months in an Atlantic Forest area in southern Brazil ...
Maurício Eduardo Graipel +3 more
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New morphological data on the rare sigmodontine Mindomys hammondi (Rodentia, Cricetidae), an arboreal oryzomyine from north-western Andean montane forests [PDF]
The monotypic rodent Mindomys Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) is one of the rarest members of the speciose tribe Oryzomyini.
Jorge Brito +3 more
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Peromyscus guardia (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Peromyscus guardia Townsend, 1912 is a small, gray-brown cricetid commonly called the La Guarda deermouse. It is a Mexican endemic rodent from Angel de la Guarda Island and 2 islets off the northern tip of Angel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California. Populations of P. guardia were common up until the mid-1960s but have since declined.
Evelyn Rios +1 more
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Biodiversity of the Sierra del Divisor Zone Reserved (Peru): a view from small mammals
This study documents the small mammalian diversity in the Zona Reservada Sierra del Divisor (ZRSD). Six sites were evaluated between 2011 and 2013 with capture techniques (Victor snap traps, Tomahawk traps, Pitfall traps and mist nets).
César E. Medina +4 more
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Mammalia, Didelphimorphia and Rodentia, central Santa Fe Province, Argentina [PDF]
Three owl pellets samples collected in the localities of Pedro Gómez Cello (= Estación Km. 197; 30°02’14” S, 60°18’56” W), Colonia Silva (= Estación Abipones; 30°26’59” S, 60°25’58” W) and Jacinto L. Arauz (30°44’01” S, 60°58’31” W), Province of Santa Fe,
Pablo Teta, Ulyses Pardiñas
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The nest of Hylaeamys yunganus Yungas rice rat (Rodentia: Cricetidae) is described for the first time. The nest was found while clearing a trail, 1.5 m above the floor and 5 m from a river, at Sardinayacu, Sangay National Park, in southeastern Ecuador.
Jorge Brito M. +2 more
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