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An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution
, 2013 Expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution. However, it remains an open question what adaptive mechanisms facilitated its expansion.
Huttner, Wieland B +4 more
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Informal supply chains of wild meat from rural Amazonia and food security in an urban center
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Iquitos, the most populated city in the Peruvian Amazon, is a hub in the regional supply chain of wild meat and supplies urban consumers. Studies on wild meat consumption have focused primarily on markets, limiting the scope of species considered to those that are economically valuable and potential inferences from those data.
Fiorella Briceño Huerta +3 more
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Records of the Crowned Eagle (Urubitinga coronata) in Moxos plains of Bolivia and observations about breeding behavior [PDF]
, 2012 The Crowned Eagle (Urubitinga coronata, Accipitridae) is a globally endangered raptor, endemic to central and southern South America. Little is known about this species in Bolivia and no nesting or prey data have been reported for the country until now ...
Berkunsky, Igor +6 more
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) diets in Quintana Roo, Mexico [PDF]
, 2018 A study was carried out for two years in Northwest Quintana Roo, México, using scat analysis to determine the diet and prey preferences of pumas and jaguars. Cat species and gender were determined using molecular techniques (rapid classificatory protocol:
Chávez, C. +4 more
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.We describe the endocranial anatomy of Metacheiromys marshi. Decrease in olfaction and eye movement control occurred through time in Pholidotamorpha and is likely linked to fossorial adaptations. The development of the orbital gyrus might be related to the evolution of myrmecophagy and the emergence of a protrusile tongue in early Pholidotamorpha ...
Eduard Cabasés Bru +4 more
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Potential species distribution and richness of ixodidae ticks associated with wild vertebrates from Michoacán, Mexico [PDF]
, 2014 Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The diversity of Ixodidae is known for a very small number of genera.
Avila-Val, Teresita +5 more
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Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2003 São apresentados dados de atualização epidemiológica, clínica, diagnóstica e terapêutica relativos à paracoccidioidomicose. Discute-se a importância epidemiológica resultante do isolamento do Paracoccidioides brasiliensis a partir do tatu (Dasypus ...
Silvio Alencar Marques
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Tecnociencia, 2023 La evaluación de las poblaciones de armadillos en zonas perturbadas por asentamientos y ganadería, reciben poca importancia, lo que afecta el estado de conservación de la especie.
Roberto C. Lombardo +2 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 3, April 2026.We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña +6 more
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Reservorios mamíferos del Trypanosoma cruzi en Paraguay
Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, 2013 La transmisión enzoótica del Trypanosoma cruzi en Paraguay aún no ha sido bien determinada. Por lo tanto, todavía se desconocen varios aspectos de la dinámica de transmisión de este parásito en el medio selvático, como ser especies de reservorios ...
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