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Seasonal diet and numbers of prey consumed by Cape foxes Vulpes chama in South Africa
Wildlife Biology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 190-195, June 2014., 2014 The Cape fox Vulpes chama is one of the least studied Vulpes species, and little is known about their diet. By analyzing contents of scats, we determined the seasonal diet of Cape foxes on Benfontein Game Farm (BGF) in South Africa, and determined the biomass and number of rodents consumed.
Unn Klare +2 more
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Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 1025-1040, October 2025.Phylogenomic analysis of 2524 ultraconserved‐element loci from 58 Messor harvester ant species helps in redefining taxonomic groups of the genus. Messor ants emerged in the Irano‐Indian area around 20 million years ago, rapidly dispersing to the Western Palaearctic and Northeastern Africa during the early Miocene.
Yannick Juvé +10 more
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Demographic response of the Gambian Gerbil to seasonal changes in Savannah fallow fields
Folia Oecologica, 2019 The Savannah gerbil, Gerbilliscus gambianus (Muridae: Gerbillinae) is important to the ecological relations of the dry grassland ecosystem of West Africa, as well as, being a zoonotic agent of human diseases and potential crop pest.
Rabiu Safianu, Rose Robert K.
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EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.Abstract The emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1), clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13 in U.S. dairy cattle marks a significant shift in the virus' host range and epidemiological profile. Infected cattle typically exhibit mild clinical signs, such as reduced milk production, mastitis and fever, with morbidity generally below 20% and
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +9 more
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African small mammals = Petits mammifères africains [PDF]
, 2001 Pavlinov, I.J.A.
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Integrative Zoology, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 165-181, January 2024.Based on 174 cranial 3D images, when considering allometric and phylogenetic constraints, muroid rodents showed potentially adaptive responses to aridity in the bulla, cochlea, paraflocculi, and olfactory lobes of the brain and to high elevation in endocranial volume and the respiratory turbinate bone of the nasal capsule. Abstract Morphometric studies
Peter J. TAYLOR +4 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2017 A parasitological survey of 107 jirds, belonging to two species, Meriones shawi and M. libycus, was carried out. Rodents were trapped in three separate desert regions of Tunisia: Bouhedma (in the centre), Dghoumes (in the southwest) and Sidi Toui (in the
H. Khemiri +3 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2014 Jirds (genus Meriones) are a diverse group of rodents, with a wide distribution range in Iran. Sundevall’s jird (Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842) is one such species that shows a disjunct distribution, found on the Iranian Plateau and Western Zagros ...
Fatemeh Tabatabaei Yazdi +2 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Cutaneous leishmaniasis is of particular importance in southern Iran. This study aimed to investigate the infection of rodents with Leishmania major in an urban area of Fars Province, located in southern Iran. Rodents were trapped and samples from the liver, spleen, and skin were collected.
Saeed Shahabi +4 more
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Examination of the Florisbad microvertebrates
South African Journal of Science, 2011 Florisbad is a Middle Stone Age locality in the Free State Province, South Africa, well known for an archaic Homo sapiens cranium discovered there in 1932.
Patrick Lewis +3 more
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