, 2021 Akodon is the second most diverse genus of sigmodontine rodents, comprising 40 extant species. Widely distributed through different environments of South America, the genus ranges from forested to open-vegetation areas, from semiarid to mesic regions ...
M. V. Brandão +4 more
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Peromyscus guardia (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2011 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.
Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda +1 more
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Spalax denizliensis sp. nov. (Spalacidae, Rodentia) from an early Pleistocene-aged locality in the Denizli Basin (southwestern Turkey) [PDF]
, 2018 It is thought that Spalacidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) originated in Anatolia. They are widespread among Neogene-aged faunas in Anatolia and they are used as zonal fossils because of their strong evolutionary dynamics. Only one fossil species (S.
Erten, Hüseyin
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Biodiversity of the Sierra del Divisor Zone Reserved (Peru): a view from small mammals
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2015 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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Variação intraespecífica da cor da pelagem de uma espécie de pequeno roedor sul-americano [PDF]
, 2016 Intra-specific color variation is often underestimated by researchers, and among mammalian species, intra-specific differences in coloration are poorly documented for most species.
Barquez, Ruben Marcos +3 more
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ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2014 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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Sigmodon arizonae (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2011 Sigmodon arizonae Mearns, 1890, is a cricetid commonly called the Arizona cotton rat. S. arizonae is a large species of cotton rat with brownish black dorsal pelage and silvery or whitish underparts. Ranging from central Arizona in the United States south to Nayarit in Mexico with a disjunct population along the lower Colorado River in southwestern ...
John L. Koprowski +2 more
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A review of Euryoryzomys legatus (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae): morphological redescription, cytogenetics, and molecular phylogeny [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 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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MONITORING POSITIVITY FOR Schistosoma mansoni IN RODENTS Holochilus sp. NATURALLY INFECTED
Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2015 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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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]
, 2016 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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