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New record of the rare Atlantic Forest rodent Phyllomys lundi (Mammalia: Rodentia) [PDF]

open access: goldZoologia (Curitiba), 2016
ABSTRACT The arboreal echimyid rodent of the genus Phyllomys Lund, 1839 is found in the eastern Brazilian Atlantic forest, from the state of Ceará to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, reaching the São Francisco and Paraná river basins in the west. There are 13 species in the genus.
Moisés L.G. Siqueira   +3 more
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Snapshot of the Atlantic Forest canopy: surveying arboreal mammals in a biodiversity hotspot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The Atlantic Forest of South America supports a rich terrestrial biodiversity but has been reduced to only a small extent of its original forest cover. It hosts a large number of endemic mammalian species but our knowledge of arboreal mammal ecology and ...
Alvim, Thiago H.G.   +4 more
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Tooth morphology of Echimyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha): homology assessments, fossils, and evolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Echimyidae constitute the most important radiation of caviomorph rodents in the Neotropical region, represented by 20 extant genera and several extinct species.
Candela, Adriana Magdalena   +1 more
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Phylogeny and evolutionary patterns of South American octodontoid rodents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Octodontoidea is the most diverse clade of hystricognath rodents, and is richly recorded in South America since at least the Oligocene. A parsimony-based morphological phylogenetic analysis of a wide range of extant and extinct octodontoids recovered ...
Morgan, Cecilia Clara   +2 more
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species-level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species.
Agostini, Ilaria   +32 more
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Identification of critical areas for mammal conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Herein we identified the geographic location of protected areas (PAs) critical for strengthening mammalian conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve (RMBA) by assessing sites of particular importance for mammal diversity using ...
Cayuela, Luis   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Novo gênero para Loncheres grandis Wagner, 1845, com comentários taxonômicos sobre outros equimídeos arborícolas (Rodentia, Echimyidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
A study of arboreal echimyids in Brazilian and European collections revealed a number of morphological traits supporting the recognition of Loncheres grandis Wagner, 1845, currently included in Makalata Husson, 1978, as a full genus. Our proposition of a
Iack-Ximenes, Gilson E.   +2 more
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Phyllomys blainvillii

open access: yes, 2005
Phyllomys blainvillii (Jordan 1837) [Phyllomys] blainvillii (Jordan 1837), C. R. Hebdomadaires des Seances de L'Academie des Sciences, 15: 522. Type Locality: Brazil, Bahia, Isla de Deos; restricted to Seabra (ca. 12 o 25’S, 41 o 46’W) by Emmons et al. (2002). Vernacular Names: Golden Atlantic Tree-rat.
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Phylogenetic affinities of the late Miocene echimyid †Pampamys and the age of Thrichomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Phylogenetic affinities of the late Miocene echimyid †Pampamys emmonsae Verzi, Vucetich, and Montalvo, 1995 (Huayquerian South American Land Mammal Age, central Argentina), were analyzed.
Montalvo, Claudia   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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