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Epidemiology of leptospirosis at Sorocaba Zoo, São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012 Leptospirosis is considered a worldwide distributed zoonosis, caused by the bacteria Leptospira spp. Since several species of wildlife animals are reportedly reservoirs, the aim of the present study was to know the epidemiology of leptospirosis at the ...
Leila S. Ullmann +6 more
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Home Range of the Australian Squirrel Glider, Petaurus norfolcensis (Diprotodontia) [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2007 Knowledge of the home range of threatened species is basic to their management and conservation. We describe the home range of the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis), a threatened marsupial, in the central part of its geographic range in eastern Australia.
Sharpe, David, Goldingay, Ross L
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PLoS ONE, 2012 The marsupial family Diprotodontidae (Diprotodontia, Vombatiformes) is a group of extinct large-bodied (60-2500 kg) wombat-like herbivores that were common and geographically widespread in Cenozoic fossil deposits of Australia and New Guinea.
Karen H Black +3 more
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Patterns of selectivity in introductions of mammal species worldwide [PDF]
, 2017 Humans have an extremely long history of transporting and introducing mammal species outside their native geographic range. The characteristics of the species introduced (taxonomy, life-history, ecology, environment) can all influence which traits are ...
Blackburn, TM
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Sexual selection of protamine 1 in mammals [PDF]
, 2015 Protamines have a crucial role in male fertility. They are involved in sperm chromatin packaging and influence the shape of the sperm head and, hence, are important for sperm performance.
Lüke, Lena +2 more
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PLoS Biology, 2014 The increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics, referred to as the latitudinal diversity gradient, is one of the most ubiquitous biodiversity patterns in the natural world.
Jonathan Rolland +3 more
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Integration, heterochrony, and adaptation in pedal digits of syndactylous marsupials
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008 Background Marsupial syndactyly is a curious morphology of the foot found in all species of diprotodontian and peramelemorph marsupials. It is traditionally defined as a condition in which digits II and III of the foot are bound by skin and are reduced ...
Nilsson Maria, Weisbecker Vera
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Cercartetus lepidus (Diprotodontia: Burramyidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2009 Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) is a burramyid commonly called the little pygmy-possum. It is 1 of 4 species in the genus Cercartetus, which together with Burramys parvus form the marsupial family Burramyidae. This Lilliputian possum has a disjunct distribution, occurring on mainland Australia, Kangaroo Island, and in Tasmania.
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Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide [PDF]
, 2014 Ecological trait data are essential for understanding the broad-scale distribution of biodiversity and its response to global change. For animals, diet represents a fundamental aspect of species’ evolutionary adaptations, ecological and functional roles,
Dalby, Lars +7 more
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Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 2023 Large-scale molecular datasets have generally outperformed morphological data for inferring phylogeny, and sources of error in the latter are poorly understood. The morphologically and ecologically diverse marsupial order Diprotodontia (kangaroos and their relatives, the koala, wombats and possums) is well suited to considering these issues.
Matthew J. Phillips +2 more
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