Updated distribution map and notes on the cranial morphometry of Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823, Azara’s Agouti (Mammalia, Rodentia, Dasyproctidae), in South America [PDF]
Check List, 2022 Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823 is currently distributed in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, with controversial records in Bolivia. Recent records using trail cameras have expanded its distribution in the Chaco region of Paraguay, but its ...
Ingrith Yuliany Mejía-Fontecha +4 more
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Geographic variation in quantitative skull traits in the genus Myoprocta Thomas, 1903 (Rodentia, Dasyproctidae) and its taxonomic implications [PDF]
Mammalia, 2018 Abstract The genus Myoprocta Thomas, 1903 includes two living species of medium-sized caviomorph rodents of the family Dasyproctidae, the red acouchi, Myoprocta acouchy (Erxleben 1777), and the green acouchi, Myoprocta pratti Pocock 1913.
Teta, Pablo Vicente
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Infección inducida en el roedor selvático Dasyprocta leporina (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae), con huevos larvados de Lagochilascaris minor (Nematoda: Ascarididae) Induced infection in the wild rodent Dasyprocta leporina (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) with larval eggs of Lagochilascaris minor (Nematoda: Ascarididae) [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1990 Ejemplares de Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758 fueron criados alejados de su ambiente natural. A los 3 ó 4 meses de edad, se los inoculó por vía oral con huevos de Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 obtenidos de una paciente nativa.
S. Gregorio +3 more
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Carrion consumption by Dasyprocta leporina (RODENTIA: DASYPROCTIDAE) and a review of meat use by agoutis [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2014 The consumption of the carrion of a tapiti by a reintroduced female Dasyprocta leporina was observed in the wild. Herein, besides describing this event, we reviewed other evidence of vertebrate consumption by agoutis.
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Mammalogy NotesWe document three independent records of the Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842) in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, in the villages of La Selva and Mancilla, located in the municipality of Facatativá, Cundinamarca Department.
Sergio Andrés Collazos-González +5 more
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Registro de leucismo en Dasyprocta fuliginosa (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) en la Orinoquia colombiana
Mammalogy NotesEn los mamíferos silvestres, la aparición de patrones de coloraciones atípicas como el leucismo es poco frecuente. Los registros de este tipo de patrones de coloración ayudan a comprender mejor este fenómeno y posiblemente a evaluar el estado de ...
Lina Henao-Fernandez +2 more
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Partial albinism in agouti Dasyprocta azarae (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Rodentia, Dasyproctidae) in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2009 This work reports the partial albinism in agouti, Dasyprocta azarae, observed in city of Caçapava do Sul, RS.
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira
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Ethology, 2019 AbstractInfanticide is the killing of infants by conspecifics, and may be direct or indirect; and parental or non‐parental. Explanations for such behaviours range from forcing females with young back into heat, resource recycling in times of shortage and elimination of competitors.
Rebecca L. Smith, Paul Smith
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Mammalogy Notes, 2017 El 05 de junio de 2016 (08h00), observamos un evento de depredación de este roedor sobre un ave canora en el Jardín Botánico Wilson de la Estación Biológica Las Cruces en San Vito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica (8.785, -82.95916;1200 msnm ...
Diego Ramírez Calvo +5 more
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The mutualism-antagonism continuum in Neotropical palm-frugivore interactions: from interaction outcomes to ecosystem dynamics. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2022 ABSTRACT Frugivory, that is feeding on fruits, pulp or seeds by animals, is usually considered a mutualism when interactions involve seed dispersal, and an antagonism when it results in the predation and destruction of seeds. Nevertheless, most frugivory interactions involve both benefits and disadvantages for plants, and the net interaction outcomes ...
Marques Dracxler C, Kissling WD.
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