Biomechanical adaptations for burrowing in the incisor enamel microstructure of Geomyidae and Heteromyidae (Rodentia: Geomyoidea) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The enamel microstructure of fossil and extant Geomyoidea (Geomyidae, Heteromyidae) lower incisors incorporates three‐ or two‐layered schmelzmusters with uniserial, transverse Hunter‐Schreger bands having parallel and perpendicular or exclusively ...
Daniela C. Kalthoff, Thomas Mörs
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Fecal metabarcoding of the endangered Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) reveals a diverse and forb rich diet that reflects local habitat availability [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Information on diet breadth and preference can assist in understanding links between food resources and population growth and inform habitat restoration for rare herbivores.
Amy G. Vandergast +5 more
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The earliest dipodomyine heteromyid in North America and the phylogenetic relationships of geomorph rodents [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Dipodomyine heteromyids (kangaroo rats and mice) are a diverse group of arid-adapted ricochetal rodents of North America. Here, a new genus and species of a large dipodomyine is reported from early Miocene-aged deposits of the John Day Formation in ...
Joshua X. Samuels +2 more
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A NEW SPECIES OF EIMERIA (APICOMPLEXA: EIMERIIDAE) FROM THE OLIVE-BACKED POCKET MOUSE, PEROGNATHUS FASCIATUS (RODENTIA: HETEROMYIDAE: PEROGNATHINAE), FROM WYOMING. [PDF]
J Parasitol, 2021 Forty-nine olive-backed pocket mice, Perognathus fasciatus were collected during 2011 and 2012 from 4 sites in Wyoming and examined for coccidian parasites.
Dority DE +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Trichuris guanacastei n sp., a parasite isolated from the Salvin’ spiny mouse Heteromys salvini, collected from the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica, during February 1996 is described.
Jorge Falcón-Ordaz +2 more
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Distribution and prevalence of Sin Nombre hantavirus in rodent species in eastern New Mexico. [PDF]
PLoS ONEOrthohantaviruses are diverse zoonotic RNA viruses. Small mammals, such as mice and rats are common chronic, asymptomatic hosts that transmit the virus through their feces and urine.
Jaecy K Banther-McConnell +5 more
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The endemic insular and peninsular species Chaetodipus spinatus (Mammalia, Heteromyidae) breaks patterns for Baja California. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The Baja California peninsula is the second longest, most geographically isolated peninsula on Earth. Its physiography and the presence of many surrounding islands has facilitated studies of the underlying patterns and drivers of genetic structuring for ...
Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda +1 more
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Helminth parasites of some rodents (Cricetidae, Heteromyidae, and Sciuridae) from Zacatecas, Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016 Eighty-six specimens representing 7 species of rodents from 9 localities in the state Zacatecas were examined for helminths. Only 5 host species were found to harbor at least 1 species: Chaetodipus sp., Dipodomys merriami atronasus, Neotoma mexicana ...
Elizabeth A. Martínez-Salazar +3 more
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Revista Mexicana de BiodiversidadA new species of Heteromyoxyuris, parasitic on the caecum of Dipodomys merriami and Dipodomys ordii from the Mexican Plateau, is described and illustrated.
Jorge Falcón-Ordaz +3 more
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Estado de conservación de los roedores de las familias Geomyidae y Heteromyidae de México
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015 México es una región del mundo con un elevado nivel de diversidad de mamíferos y la mayoría de losesfuerzos de conservación se concentran en las especies grandes, más carismáticas.
Jesús A. Fernández +3 more
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