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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Rodent fauna of the western Golestan Province in northeast Iran [PDF]
Golestan province is located in northeastern Iran, southeast of the Caspian Sea, a region thought to be one of the most important refuge areas during glacial periods.
F. Ghorbani +3 more
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Local extinctions in the small mammal's assemblages between late Holocene and historical times in Talagapa mountains (Patagonia, Argentina): The role of land use changes [PDF]
The aim of this work was to evaluate possible changes in the small mammal composition in the Patagonian arid Extra-Andean steppes between the late Holocene and historical times.
Andrade, Analia, Monjeau, Jorge Adrian
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Peromyscus mexicanus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Peromyscus mexicanus (Saussure, 1860) is a medium-sized cricetid commonly called the Mexican deermouse. It is 1 of 56 species but can be readily distinguished from nearly all other species of Peromyscus by the near absence of hair on the tail. It is found from the tropical lowlands of Mexico to Panama and it exhibits geographic and seasonal variation ...
Ana Lilia Trujano-Alvarez +1 more
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MONITORING POSITIVITY FOR Schistosoma mansoni IN RODENTS Holochilus sp. NATURALLY INFECTED
The occurrence of non-human mammals such as schistosomiasis reservoir has always been an aggravating factor to be studied. Family cricetidae rodents like Nectomys sp, seem to have an important role in the potentiation of the spread of it.
Guilherme Silva Miranda +5 more
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Small mammals feeding on hypogeous fungi [PDF]
The spores stay viable after passing through the animal gut, and in some cases their ability to germinate and form mycorrhiza is enhanced after leaving the intestine.
Połatyńska, Małgorzata
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Cricetus cricetus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
AbstractCricetus cricetus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a medium-sized cricetid commonly called the common hamster. A sexually dimorphic rodent of unique coloration with robust body, blunt head, short legs, and rudimentary tail, it is the largest hamster and the only species in the genus Cricetus.
Vladimir Vohralík +4 more
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Peromyscus difficilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Abstract Peromyscus difficilis (J. A. Allen, 1891) is a cricetid rodent commonly called the southern rock deermouse or Zacatecan deermouse. It is of medium body size for the genus (28–43 g), with large ears and a long, evenly bicolored tail that is always slightly longer than the head plus body length.
Jesús A. Fernández +2 more
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Species composition and abundance of cricetids in the steppe reserves of south-eastern Ukraine
The article presents information about the family Cricetidae in the steppe reserves located in south-eastern Ukraine within Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, including data on the species composition and the population sizes. The study also sheds light on the
Valentyna Marochkina
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A review of Euryoryzomys legatus (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae): morphological redescription, cytogenetics, and molecular phylogeny [PDF]
The taxonomic history of Euryoryzomys legatus has been complex and controversial, being either included in the synonymy of other oryzomyine species or considered as a valid species, as in the most recent review of the genus.
Mariana D. Guilardi +6 more
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