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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet ~1.8 million years ago led to the exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and modern humans, became increasingly abundant and dispersed across the ...
Elliott Smith, Rosemary E.   +4 more
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Aethomys ineptus (Rodentia: Muridae) [PDF]

open access: yesMammalian Species, 2008
Aethomys ineptus (Thomas and Wroughton, 1908), commonly called the Tete veld rat, is a medium-sized rodent with a long, sparsely haired tail and spermatozoa with spatulate-shaped heads (unique for all muroid rodents thus far examined). A. ineptus co-occurs with its sibling species, A.
Christian T. Chimimba, Alicia V. Linzey
openaire   +1 more source

Synapsids and sensitivity: Broad survey of tetrapod trigeminal canal morphology supports an evolutionary trend of increasing facial tactile specialization in the mammal lineage

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The trigeminus nerve (cranial nerve V) is a large and significant conduit of sensory information from the face to the brain, with its three branches extending over the head to innervate a wide variety of integumentary sensory receptors, primarily tactile.
Juri A. Miyamae   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributional data and taxonomic notes on the flea Strepsylla (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae: Neopsyllinae: Phalacropsyllini)

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
Strepsylla Traub, 1950 is considered a New World flea genus, parasitizing, in most cases, species of Muridae, particularly peromyscines. Thirteen species of Strepsylla are addressed with respect to their taxonomic characters, host preferences and ...
Roxana Acosta
doaj   +1 more source

Short-tailed mice with a long fossil record: the genus Leggadina (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Quaternary of Queensland, Australia [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
The genus Leggadina (colloquially known as ‘short-tailed mice’) is a common component of Quaternary faunas of northeastern Australia. They represent a member of the Australian old endemic murid radiation that arrived on the continent sometime during the ...
Jonathan Cramb   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

INVENTARISASI JENIS MAMALIA KECILRN(FAMILI MURIDAE) PADA TIGA TIPE HABITATRNDI KECAMATAN KUTA COT GLIE, ACEH BESAR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
ABSTRAKTelah dilakukan penelitian tentang inventarisasi jenis mamalia kecil famili Muridae pada tiga tipe habitat di Kecamatan Kuta Cot Glie, Aceh Besar. Ketiga lokasi tersebut yaitu kawasan persawahan, kebun campuran dan kawasan riparian.
LIA HASTUTI
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Aethomys chrysophilus (Rodentia: Muridae) [PDF]

open access: yesMammalian Species, 2008
Abstract The genus Aethomys currently includes 11 species, but recent evidence indicates a need for taxonomic revision of the genus. Aethomys chrysophilus (De Winton, 1897) is a muroid rodent commonly called the red veld rat. A medium-sized rodent with a long, sparsely haired tail, A.
Alicia V. Linzey, Christian T. Chimimba
openaire   +1 more source

Dietary niche partitioning between sympatric wood mouse species (Muridae: Apodemus) revealed by DNA meta-barcoding analysis

open access: yesJournal of Mammalogy, 2018
Plant diets of 2 sympatric species of wood mice in Japan (Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus) were determined by DNA meta-barcoding analyses of feces using the nucleotide sequences of the chloroplast trnL P6 loop intron region as a molecular marker. The
J. Sato   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Case of the Missing Green Iguana Predators: Reviews of Ecological Literature Should Go Beyond Google Scholar

open access: yesThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Un nuevo género para Habrothrix angustidens y Akodon serrensis (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE): de nuevo palentología y neontología se encuentran en el legado de Lund [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We describe a new genus of sigmodontine rodent to allocate a fossil species from Lagoa Santa cave deposits, Habrothrix angustidens Winge, and a living species from southeastern Atlantic Forest described at the start of the past century, Akodon serrensis ...
Geise, Lena   +3 more
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