Sciurus sanborni (Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Palmer, Rosa R, Koprowski, John L (2017): Sciurus sanborni (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species 49 (952): 93-96, DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sex010, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mspecies ...
Palmer, Rosa R, Koprowski, John L
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Primer registro de leucismo en el género Coendou Lacépède, 1799 (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)
Se reporta por primera vez un caso de leucismo en la especie Coendou prehensilis. El individuo fue hallado de forma fortuita en una zona de bosque perturbado en la región de Los Andes en Venezuela.
Julio C. Romero-Briceño+1 more
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Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a new tick species from the Chacoan region in Argentina [PDF]
Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari: Argasidae) is described from larvae collected on the small rodents Graomys centralis (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina.
Casás, Gustavo+5 more
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Phenomenon in the Evolution of Voles (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolidae)
This paper presents analytical results of the study of adaptatiogenesis within the family Arvicolidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) based of morphological changes of the most functional characters of their masticatory apparatus — dental system — through time. The
L. Rekovets, O. Kovalchuk
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Colección de Mamíferos, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Caldas (MHN-UCa)
La Colección de Mamíferos del Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Caldas (MHN-UCa) alberga 3287 especímenes de mamíferos pertenecientes a 12 órdenes, 41 familias (38 nativas y 3 exóticas), 134 géneros (128 nativos y 6 exóticos) y 228 especies (
Héctor Ramírez-Chaves
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America [PDF]
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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Aethomys chrysophilus (Rodentia: Muridae) [PDF]
Abstract The genus Aethomys currently includes 11 species, but recent evidence indicates a need for taxonomic revision of the genus. Aethomys chrysophilus (De Winton, 1897) is a muroid rodent commonly called the red veld rat. A medium-sized rodent with a long, sparsely haired tail, A.
Linzey, Alicia V.+1 more
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Cave use by the Broad-footed Climbing Rat Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) in Santander, Colombia.
In this note, I report two field observations of R. latimanus using caves. These records provide new data about the natural history of R. latimanus, previously, this species was considered mainly arboreal and solitary.
Miguel Rodríguez-Posada
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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]
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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Otonyctomys hatti (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Otonyctomys hatti Anthony, 1932, is a rodent commonly called the Yucatan vesper mouse. A medium-sized, brightly colored mouse, it is the only species in the genus Otonyctomys. It is endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula. It seems to have arboreal habits and occurs in semideciduous tropical forest and vegetation near water.
MacSwiney G., M. Cristina+2 more
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