Guanaco colonisation of Tierra del Fuego Island from mainland Patagonia: Walked, swam, or by canoe?
Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, July‐December 2022., 2022 A geographical and biological puzzle that has perplexed scientists since the late 1800s working in southern South America: why are there so few vertebrates on the island of Tierra del Fuego compared to the adjacent Patagonia mainland, including the absence of the ubiquitous Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), wild camelid of the south? An interdisciplinary search
William L. Franklin
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Mammalia, Didelphimorphia and Rodentia, southwest of the province of Mendoza, Argentina [PDF]
, 2008 We documented terrestrial micromammal assemblages at five localities of southwestern Mendoza province, Argentina. We added new localities for several of the most uncommon small mammal species of this region (e.g.
Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J. +2 more
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Mounting a specific immune response increases energy expenditure of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco): Implications for intraspecific and interspecific variation in immunological traits [PDF]
, 2010 It was recently hypothesised that specific induced defences, which require substantial time and resources and are mostly beneficial against repeated infections, are more likely to be favoured in 'slow-living-pace' species.
Antenucci, Carlos Daniel +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 14, Page 7377-7388, July 2020., 2020 We download and evaluate the whole genome of subterranean mammals, and study the mechanisms of adaptative evolution to underground stresses of subterranean mammals through comparative genomics. Abstract Life underground has provided remarkable examples of adaptive evolution in subterranean mammals; however, genome‐wide adaptive evolution to underground
Mengwan Jiang +10 more
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Хромосомы и видообразование у туко-туко (Ctenomys, Hystricognathi, Rodentia) [PDF]
, 2016 Tuco-tucos, South American rodents of the genus Ctenomys represent an interesting model of speciation. Their strict territorial and solitary life under the earth, vast but highly fragmented habitats, low migration activity were the causes of their very ...
Borodin, Pavel M. +4 more
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Human Processing of Rodents in Patagonia: The Relevance of Historical and Ethnographical Data for Archaeological Interpretations [PDF]
, 2019 The consumption of small mammals was a widespread practice between indigenous societies worldwide. Modern taphonomic studies carried out upon bone assemblages from archaeological sites in northern Patagonia (Argentina) demonstrate thatCaviomorph rodents ...
Andrade, Analia
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ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN A SUBTERRANEAN SOCIAL RODENT, SPALACOPUS CYANUS (OCTODONTIDAE) [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2002 Daily patterns of activity were studied under laboratory conditions in 12 coruros, Spalacopus cyanus, subterranean social rodents originally from Chile. When able to burrow, coruros spent 90% of the total time underground, and surface activity occurred during the 1st hours of darkness. When prevented from burrowing, locomotory activity of coruro groups
Begall, Sabine +3 more
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Neuronal Density in Primary Visual Cortex (17 Visual Area), in Two Species of Octodon [PDF]
, 2010 Indexación: ScieloEstudios experimentales demuestran que modificaciones medioambientales pueden producir alteraciones en el desarrollo normal de la corteza cerebral visual y sus conexiones.
Aboitiz, F. +4 more
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Postcranial skeleton of Spalacopus cyanus (Rodentia: Octodontidae): description and functional aspects [PDF]
Therya, 2020 The genus Spalacopus includes only one species, S . cyanus , endemic to central Chile and one of the species best adapted to a subterranean lifetyle in the family Octodontidae. It is a member of the lineage consisting in Octodontomys as a sister clade containing Octodon and of a clade represented by Spalacopus and Aconaemys .
Pérez, María Julieta +1 more
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Mammals from the Salicas formation (Late Miocene), La Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina : Paleobiogeography, age, and paleoenvironment [PDF]
, 2012 Fil: Brandoni, Diego. Laboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Diamante; ArgentinaFil: Schmidt, Gabriela I.. Laboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados.
Brandoni, Diego +5 more
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