Comparative analysis of optional hunting behavior in Cricetinae hamsters using the data compression approach [PDF]
Frontiers in ZoologyResearch into the hunting behavior in members of the Cricetidae family offers an opportunity to reveal what changes in the predatory behavioral sequences occur when a rodent species shifts from an omnivorous to a predatory lifestyle.
J. Levenets +6 more
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Karyotypic and molecular evidence supports the endemic Tibetan hamsters as a separate divergent lineage of Cricetinae [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The genus status of Urocricetus was defined recently based on morphological and molecular data. Even though the amount of evidence for a separate phylogenetic position of this genus among Cricetinae continues to increase, there is still no consensus on ...
Svetlana A. Romanenko +9 more
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Phylogenetic relationships of Neogene hamsters (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetinae) revealed under Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony [PDF]
PeerJThere is an ongoing debate about the internal systematics of today’s group of hamsters (Cricetinae), following new insights that are gained based on molecular data.
Moritz Dirnberger +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Diversity of Mesocricetus auratus and Other Cricetinae Species among Cricetidae Family. [PDF]
Biochem Genet, 2022 Unique anatomical and physiological features have made hamster species desirable research models. Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis of the hamster family members to clarify their evolution and genetic relationship, can provide a genetic ...
Xuan R +6 more
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Cricetinae in the Quaternary fossil record of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Lynx new series, 2023 The paper surveys the Quaternary (MN17–Q4) fossil record of Cricetinae in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with particular attention to the current glacial cycle (Q4: Vistulian–Holocene) and immediate history of extant taxa.
Ivan Horáček, Klára Lebedová
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New species of Rotundomys (Cricetinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain and its bearing on the phylogeny of Cricetulodon and Rotundomys. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The material of Rotundomys (Rodentia, Cricetinae) from the Late Miocene fossiliferous complex of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain) is described and compared with all species currently placed in the genera Rotundomys and Cricetulodon.
Raquel López-Antoñanzas +2 more
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Resolving Rapid Radiation of Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae: Cricetinae, Rodentia) with QuaddRAD Sequencing and Transcriptome Analysis [PDF]
DiversityVoles and lemmings (subfamily Arvicolinae) remain some of the most difficult groups for disentangling phylogenetic relations owing to recent and very fast explosive radiation.
Natalia Abramson +5 more
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True Hamsters (Cricetinae) of the Palaearctic Region
True hamsters are a small subfamily (Cricetinae) containing only 19 species which are endemic to the Palaearctic region. Despite such low species richness, general public is well familiar with hamsters, primarily knowing them as pets, experimental ...
Boris Kryštufek, Georgy I. Shenbrot
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2017 Background: Majority of parasitic infections in rodents have zoonotic importance. This study aimed to determine the frequency and intensity of intestinal protozoa infections of rodents including Meriones persicus, Mus musculus and, Cricetulus migratorius.
Mehdi MOHEBALI +8 more
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Early Pliocene Arvicolinae and Cricetinae from the locality of Afşar, western Turkey
Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023 : The Afşar section, situated in the Dombayova graben in western Turkey, is one of the key localities for the study of the Pliocene of Anatolia. Two fossiliferous layers yielded micromammal assemblages, including various cricetine and arvicoline species.
PANAGIOTIS SKANDALOS +6 more
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