Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae : Murinae : Otomyini) : revision of the Otomys typus complex [PDF]
, 2011 We combined evidence from biogeography, craniodental traits, linear and geometric morphometrics (233 skulls), cytogenetics (karyotypes of 18 individuals) and mitochondrial DNA sequences (44 cytochrome b and 21 12S rRNA sequences) to test species limits ...
Bennett, Nigel Charles +6 more
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Small mammals as hosts of immature ixodid ticks [PDF]
, 2005 Two hundred and twenty-five small mammals belonging to 16 species were examined for ticks in Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa, and 18 ixodid tick species, of which two could only be identified to genus level, were recovered ...
I.G. Horak, L.E.O. Braack, L.J. Fourie
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Behavioural studies on some Rhodesian Rodents [PDF]
, 2017 Field studies (Lake Kariba shoreline and Salisbury) and experiments with a captive colony of 12 species of Rhodesian rodents were undertaken for a period of three years.
Choate, Thomas S.
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Stomach contents of 19 species of small mammals from Swaziland [PDF]
, 2017 The stomach contents of 14 species of Rodentia and five species of Insectivora are reported from Swaziland. The importance of different food types in the diet of these species was estimated using two methods.
Monadjem, A
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Diet of serval Felis serval in a highland region of Natal [PDF]
, 2017 Serval Felis serval diet was determined using faecal analysis. A combination of quantification techniques best illustrated the relative importance of various prey species.
Bowland, Jane M., Perrin, M.R.
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Identification and characterisation of paramyxoviruses in species-rich small mammals from South Africa [PDF]
, 2022 Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Paramyxoviruses are negative-sense RNA viruses and include a substantial collection of ubiquitous viruses, comprising one of the most important viral groups with numerous pathogens ...
Kleinhans, Bronwyn
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Restriction patterns of mitochondrial DNA in natural populations of the murid species Otomys irroratus. [PDF]
, 1994 Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, 1994.Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was isolated from 8 different natural populations of the rodent species Otomys irroratus (Muridae: Otomyinae) and from one population of the species 0.
Rimmer, Alison.
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Chromosomal evolution in the Vlei Rat Otomys irroratus. [PDF]
, 1996 Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, 1996.Proponents of the recognition concept of species hold that isolating mechanisms, including chromosome rearrangements, play no role in speciation while the more commonly accepted biological species concept proposes
Contrafatto, Giancarlo.
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Some new data on Angolan Muridae [PDF]
, 2017 Zoologica Africana 2(2): 193 ...
de Meness Cabral, JC
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List of World Fauna Vertebrate Animals - Carriers of Plague Agent [PDF]
, 2014 Consequently to the long-term investigations conducted in natural and anthropourgic foci of plague, situated in Africa, Eurasia, North and South America, identified were not less than 340 species of mammals and birds infected with plague agent. The paper
A. A. Sludsky
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