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A Review of the Pattonomys/Toromys Clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with Descriptions of a New Toromys Species and a New Genus

open access: yesAmerican Museum Novitates, 2018
New phylogenomic analyses of South American arboreal echimyids show that there are three species within the genus Toromys (T. grandis, T. rhipidurus, and T. sp. nov.) and that the genera Pattonomys and Toromys form a clade that is the sister group to the
L. Emmons, P. Fabre
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biogeografia e sistemática de três espécies de pequenos mamíferos (Rodentia e Didelphimorphia) do Cerrado e Caatinga [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, 2016.Os domínios morfoclimáticos da Caatinga e do Cerrado possuem características únicas tanto em termos climáticos, quanto físicos e ...
Machado, Leonardo Ferreira
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Putting susceptibility on the map to improve conservation planning, an example with terrestrial mammals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Aim To propose a general approach to spatially synthesize known predictors of vulnerability at the species level in order to identify areas directly associated with specific conservation problems.
Aitchison   +59 more
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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
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Local Convergence of Behavior across Species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Behavior is a way for organisms to respond flexibly to the environmental conditions they encounter. Our own species exhibits large behavioral flexibility and occurs in all terrestrial habitats, sharing these environments with many other species.
Barsbai, Toman   +2 more
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Mamíferos Colecionados pelo Serviço de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Febre Amarela nos Municípios de Ilhéus e Buerarema, Estado da Bahia, Brasil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This study is a small revision of the activities of the former “Serviço de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Febre Amarela (SEPSFA)” developed in cooperation with the International Health Division of Rockefeller Foundation in the area of the municipalities ...
Vaz, Sergio Maia
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Planning for a future of changes: Prioritising areas for conservation of small mammals in the Caatinga, Brazil

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 30, Issue 8, August 2024.
Abstract Aim Human land‐use and climate change are two of the main threats affecting biodiversity, especially in arid/semiarid regions. The most effective way to protect the species in these ecosystems against these threats is through the delimitation of protected areas (PAs).
Anna Ludmilla da Costa‐Pinto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversidade de comunidades de pequenos mamíferos de três fitofisonomias [sic] do Cerrado no Brasil Central : partição da diversidade regional em componentes alfa e beta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, 2013.A diversidade de grupos animais pode estar relacionada à heterogeneidade e/ou à complexidade do ...
Silva, Anderson Paz da
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Distribuição geográfica da diversidade genética e aspectos morfológicos diagnósticosde Marmosa (Micoureus) (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia) na Mata Atlântica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
As cuícas do subgênero Marmosa (Micoureus) são marsupiais didelfídeos neotropicais de ampla distribuição na América do Sul, principalmente no Brasil. Esse subgênero sofreu grandes mudanças taxonômicas na última década, sendo que sua espécie com maior ...
GUIMARAES, R. R.
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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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