The mitochondrial genome of the critically endangered enigmatic Kazakhstani endemic Selevinia betpakdalaensis (Rodentia: Gliridae) and its phylogenetic relationships with other dormouse species [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDormice (family Gliridae) are an ancient group of rodents. It was fully dominant in the Oligocene and Early Miocene, and its current diversity is represented by a few extant species. A Kazakhstani endemic, the desert dormouse Selevinia betpakdalaensis is
Tatyana V. Petrova +3 more
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Stable isotope analysis of ectoparasites as a tool for understanding trophic interactions with mammalian hosts [PDF]
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 664-674, December 2025.Ectoparasites showed significant δ15N enrichment compared to their hosts, indicating trophic enrichment, but δ13C preservation varied. Lice, fleas and ticks preserve their hosts' isotopic fingerprints to varying degrees, with lice reflecting host dietary patterns most closely, likely due to their exclusive, host‐specific feeding behaviour. The presence
Gaia G. Mortier +7 more
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Small terrestrial mammals (Rodentia and Soricomorpha) along a gradient of forest anthropisation (reserves, managed forests, urban parks) in France [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 Understanding the relationships between wildlife biodiversity and zoonotic infectious diseases in a changing climate is a challenging issue that scientists must address to support further policy actions.
Julien Pradel +11 more
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Monitoring Campaign over an Edible Dormouse Population (Glis glis; Rodentia: Gliridae) in Sicily: First Report of Mesocestodiasis [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This study reports on the health status of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) living in Nebrodi Park (Sicily, Italy), responsible for nut crop damage in the area. In the frame of a monitoring campaign for potential zoonotic risk involving 30 dormice, rectal
Giorgia Schirò +10 more
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Mammae numbers and litter sizes in an arboreal rodent fit the one‐half rule [PDF]
EcologyEcology, Volume 106, Issue 9, September 2025.
Anežka Holcová Gazárková +1 more
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A Rare Observation: Forest Dormouse Occupying Nests of White‐Crowned Penduline Tit [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.We report the evidence of forest dormice using and modifying nests of the white‐crowned penduline tit for breeding in Xinjiang, China. Temporal overlap in breeding cycles influenced nest occupation, with predation observed more frequently in later‐breeding nests. These findings emphasize the need for further research into the ecological consequences of
Yu Huang +7 more
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Variation in Mortality and Ageing Rate in a Fast‐Paced Species: Insights From 24 Years of Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) Data [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2025.A Hazel dormouse population in Lithuania has undergone three distinct phases each spanning 7 years across 24 years—increasing (1999–2006), declining (2007–2014) and low abundance (2015–2022). During all three periods, male life expectancy was larger than that of females.
Thomas Bjørneboe Berg +4 more
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Comparative transcriptomics of the garden dormouse hypothalamus during hibernation [PDF]
FEBS Open Bio, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 241-257, February 2024.Here, we provide hypothalamic transcriptome data for the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) at different stages of the torpor arousal cycle (early torpor, late torpor, and interbout arousal) during hibernation season. A de novo transcriptome assembly was mapped against Mus musculus.
Elena Haugg +5 more
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Faunistic and taxonomic study of Rodents from northwestern Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2014 The northwest Iran comprises parts of two major biodiversity hotspots; Irano-Anatoli and Caucasus. It is a mountainous transition realm between Caucasus forest in the north, Pontic forest of Turkey in the west and central deserts of Iranian Plateau. This
Jamshid Darvish +3 more
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Yuriy Illiukhin, a fauna researcher and museologist at the Museum of Nature of Kharkiv University
Novitates Theriologicae, 2023 An essay about a fellow museologist, a graduate of Kharkiv University and a senior researcher at the university’s Museum of Nature (MNKU). The researcher worked exclusively and consistently with the mammalian collections of MNKU, inventorying and ...
Igor Zagorodniuk
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