Foraging biology and habitat use of the southern African ice rat, Otomys sloggetti robertsi [PDF]
, 2006 Student Number : 9613963J - PhD thesis - School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences - Faculty of ScienceAnimals living in cold environments show physiological, morphological and behavioural adaptations to low temperatures. The African ice rat,
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Ixodes (Afrixodes) bakeri Authur & Cliford, 1961 (Acarina : Ixodidae): description of the male and immature stages from rodents and insectivores and notes on its biology in South Africa [PDF]
, 1976 The male, nymph and larva of Ixodes (A.) bakeri are described and illustrated with line drawings and scanning electron microscope photographs. This species was originally described from 1 female from Otomys sp., Nyika Plateau, Malawi.
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Social behaviour and activity patterns of the African ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi [PDF]
, 2006 Faculty of Science School of Biology 9410199j TEL: 011 673 8139I studied the sociality and activity patterns of free-living ice rats Otomys sloggetti robertsi. The ice rat is a medium-sized, diurnal, herbivorous rodent, endemic to the alpine habitats
Hinze, Andrea
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Distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of wild animals in South Africa: A systematic review. [PDF]
Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis, 2022 Ledwaba MB +4 more
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Meta-Analysis and Systematic Literature Review of the Genus Pneumocystis in Pet, Farm, Zoo, and Wild Mammal Species. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel), 2023 Weissenbacher-Lang C, Grenl A, Blasi B.
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, 2018 Changing invaders: the evolution of alien rodents on islands Alexandra A.E. van der Geer, Mark V. Lomolino Body size and craniometry of the herb field mouse in the context of a geographical clines Linas Balčiauskas, Albina Amshokova, Laima Balčiauskienė,
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Patterns and Drivers of Rodent Abundance across a South African Multi-Use Landscape. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Afonso BC +6 more
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Classification problems of African muridae [PDF]
, 2017 Zoologica Africana 1(1): 121 ...
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Gut morphology of the Otomyine rodents: an arid-mesic comparison [PDF]
, 2017 In this article we examine the gut morphology of the only three arid-occurring otomyine rodents; Brants’ whistling rat, Parotomys brantsii, Littledale’s whistling rat, Parotomys littledalei and the Karoo bush rat, Otomys unisulcatus and relate this to ...
Jackson, T.P., Spinks, A.C.
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Historical biogeography, systematics, and integrative taxonomy of the non-Ethiopian speckled pelage brush-furred rats (Lophuromys flavopunctatus group). [PDF]
BMC Ecol Evol, 2021 Onditi KO +11 more
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