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Environmental and Anthropogenic Predictors Influence the Diversity of Nonflying Mammals in a Native Savanna Landscape of Northern South America

International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
The native savannas of eastern Colombia cover about six percent of the Neotropical savannas. Within these 17 million hectares, the current composition of nonflying mammals evidenced colonization from Andean, Guyanese, and Amazonian speciation centers and endemism processes.
Federico Mosquera-Guerra, Nathalia Moreno-Niño, Sebastian Barreto, Tania Marisol González-Delgado, Dolors Armenteras-Pascual, Joao Pedro Barreiros   +5 more
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Distribution. From Mexico (S Chiapas and E Tabasco states, and Yucatan Peninsula) throughout Mesoamerica to N & W Colombia (including Gorgona I), W Venezuela, and NW Ecuador (S to Guayas Province). It was introduced around 1900 into Cayman Is. in Dasyproctidae

, 2016
Distribution. From Mexico (S Chiapas and E Tabasco states, and Yucatan Peninsula) throughout Mesoamerica to N & W Colombia (including Gorgona I), W Venezuela, and NW Ecuador (S to Guayas Province).
Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier   +2 more
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New distribution records of eighteen mammalian species (Artiodactyla, Cervidae, Tayassuidae; Carnivora, Canidae, Felidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae; Cingulata, Dasypodidae; Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae; Lagomorpha, Leporidae; Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae; Primates, Atelidae; Rodentia, Dasyproctidae, Abrocomidae) in Bolivia’s neglected inter-Andean dry forests: implications for their global conservation status [PDF]

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We report new distribution records for 18 mammal species in Tarija, Bolivia. Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825), Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766), Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer, 1814), Leopardus wiedii (Schinz, 1821 ...
Ximena Velez-Liendo, Paul Bamford, Carmen Julia Quiroga-Pacheco   +2 more
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Anatomy of the hindlimb musculature in the cursorial caviomorphDasyprocta azaraeLichtenstein, 1823 (Rodentia, Dasyproctidae): functional and evolutionary significance

mamm, 2010
AbstractThe musculature of the hindlimb of the cursorial caviomorphDasyprocta azaraeis described and functionally evaluated, together with osteological associated traits. Our results show that several features are indicative of emphasized parasagittal movements and stabilized joints. Mm.
García Esponda, César M., Candela, Adriana Magdalena   +1 more
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Agoutidae Gray 1821

, 1993
Family Agoutidae Gray, 1821. London Med. Repos., 15:304. SYNONYMS: Cuniculidae. COMMENTS: The familial or subfamilial status of this taxon is debated; Husson (1978:472) and Cabrera (1961:593) placed in Agoutidae; Hall (1981:858) placed in Agoutinae of
Charles A. Woods
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Distribution. Throughout Guianan region, from N Venezuela (E of Lake Maracaibo) and the Guianas to N Brazil (N of the Amazon River and E of the Rio Negro), including Trinidad I, also in EC & E Brazil (S of the Amazon), from the Rio Madeira to the C coast. It has been introduced to the Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Grenada, and US Virgin Is). in Dasyproctidae

, 2016
Distribution. Throughout Guianan region, from N Venezuela (E of Lake Maracaibo) and the Guianas to N Brazil (N of the Amazon River and E of the Rio Negro), including Trinidad I, also in EC & E Brazil (S of the Amazon), from the Rio Madeira to the C coast.
Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier   +2 more
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Distribution. SW & SC Brazil (from Bahia, Mato Grosso, and Goias states, E to the coast in Sao Paulo and S to Rio Grande do Sul states), C & E Bolivia (S of the Guaporé and E of the Benirivers), N & E Paraguay, and extreme NW & NE Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, and Misiones provinces). in Dasyproctidae

, 2016
Distribution. SW & SC Brazil (from Bahia, Mato Grosso, and Goias states, E to the coast in Sao Paulo and S to Rio Grande do Sul states), C & E Bolivia (S of the Guaporé and E of the Benirivers), N & E Paraguay, and extreme NW & NE Argentina (Jujuy, Salta,
Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier   +2 more
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Uma coleção osteológica de roedores derivada de atividades de caça da Sociedade Awá-Guajá do estado do Maranhão

, 2020
Uma coleção osteológica de roedores, proveniente de depósitos de descarte alimentício da Sociedade Etnográfica Awá-Guajá, localizada no noroeste do estado do Maranhão, é examinada do ponto de vista taxonômico e tafonômico. Em relação à diversidade, entre
Artur Chahud
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Anomalías en la coloración de piel y pelo de Dicotyles tajacu (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) y Dasyprocta fuliginosa (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) en la Amazonía ecuatoriana

Mammalogy Notes
Este estudio destaca la importancia de la coloración en la piel y el pelaje de la fauna silvestre. Además, se resalta la percepción cultural de las comunidades indígenas locales respecto a estos ejemplares de coloración inusual, sujetos a tabúes de caza
Carlos Urgilés, Limber Payaguaje, Aníbal Biaguaje, Hurlem Payaguaje, Michael Esbach   +4 more
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Agoutidae Gray 1821

, 1982
Family Agoutidae REVIEWED BY: M. A. Mares (MAM); T. Pearson (TP); C. A. Woods (CAW). COMMENT: There is no general agreement concerning the familial or subfamilial status of this taxon; see Husson, 1978:472, and Cabrera, 1961:593 (Agoutidae), Hall ...
Kenneth E. Kinman, James H. Honacki, James W. Koeppl   +2 more
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