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Modelling marsupial mastication: The biomechanical bite model of the Linnaeus's mouse opossum Marmosa murina (Marsupialia, Didelphidae). [PDF]

J Anat
The marsupial masticatory apparatus has rarely been studied until recently, mainly in Australasian species. We therefore reconstructed the maximum bite forces of the South American Linnaeus's mouse opossum Marmosa murina using in vivo bites, specimen dissections, and 3D static equilibrium of the jaw muscles.
Decuypere V, Herrel A, Grimal Q, Germain D, Fabre AC, Ladevèze S.   +5 more
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Gross Anatomy and Approach to the Humerus and Femur in the White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris). [PDF]

Anat Histol Embryol
ABSTRACT The white‐eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is a Neotropical marsupial that readily adapts to urban environments. Due to its presence in anthropogenic habitats, this species is frequently exposed to vehicle collisions and dog attacks. Such trauma often results in long bone fractures, with humeral and femoral fractures being common in ...
de Barros Piffer A, de Oliveira LC, Inamassu LR, de Castro Sasahara TH, Ortiz RJ, Schimming BC.   +5 more
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Blood Parasites and Wildlife: The Development of a Discipline. [PDF]

Integr Zool
Changes in our knowledge on blood parasite infections of wild animals in the last 30 years is reviewed with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny, impact of infections on fitness, and distribution of blood parasites. ABSTRACT In the last 30 years, the area of the study of parasitism caused by blood parasite infections on wildlife has suffered an ...
Merino S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Androlaelaps marmosops (Acari: Laelapidae), a new species associated with the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001
Androlaelaps marmosops, a new species of laelapid mite, is described from the pelage of the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) (Mammalia: Didelphidae), in two areas of Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State. Measurements and illustrations are
F. MARTINS-HATANO, D. GETTINGER, H. G. BERGALLO   +2 more
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Ecotone Might Provide Key Refugium for Sky Island Mammals in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sky islands are among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world but face a disproportionately high threat from climate change. We examined the spruce‐fir–northern hardwood ecotone as a possible refugium for mammals in the Southern Appalachian red spruce (Picea rubens)–Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) sky islands.
Mallinoff JA, Petric R, Diggins CA, Kierepka EM, Arbogast BS, Jenkins A, Zimova M.   +6 more
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Thylamys pallidior (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2010
Abstract Thylamys pallidior (O. Thomas, 1902) is a didelphid marsupial commonly called the white-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum. A small mouse opossum, with tricolored pelage and a white venter, it has a seasonally incrassated tail, where fat deposits, primarily at the tail base, function in food storage.
Janet K. Braun, Nathan L. Pratt, Michael A. Mares   +2 more
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High Elevation Occurrences of Jaguars (<i>Panthera onca</i>, Linnaeus 1758) (Mammalia, Felidae) in Northwestern Mexico, With a Record of Collaborative Interactions. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Jaguars in the northern end of their distribution have recently become the center of conservation efforts; however, the State of Chihuahua has been underrepresented in monitoring projects. We present five new records of jaguars in high altitudes as well as the first evidence of two jaguars exhibiting cooperative behavior in Mexico.
Del Pozo-López MF, Juárez-López R, López González CA.   +2 more
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Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2010
Gracilinanus microtarsus (J. A. Wagner, 1842), called the Brazilian gracile opossum, is a small didelphid that is 1 of 6 species in the genus Gracilinanus. It is a sexually dimorphic, solitary marsupial that has a highly seasonal reproductive pattern.
Pires, Mathias Mistretta, Martins, Eduardo G., Silva, Maria Nazareth Fda, Reis, Sérgio Furtado dos   +3 more
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Orbit orientation in didelphid marsupials (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]

Current Zoology, 2016
Usually considered a morphologically conservative group, didelphid marsupials present considerable variation in ecology and body size, some of which were shown to relate to morphological structures. Thus, changes on orbit morphology are likely and could be related to that variation.
Pilatti, Patricia, Astúa, Diego
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Marmosa constantiae(Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2016
Marmosa constantiae [O. Thomas, 1904][1], is a medium-sized didelphid commonly called the white-bellied woolly mouse opossum. It is a large, stocky mouse opossum with a relatively short snout and thick, woolly pelage, 1 of 6 members of the Marmosa subgenus Micoureus .
Paul Smith, Robert D. Owen
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