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Microtus agrestis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2017 Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) is a relatively small microtine rodent commonly called the field vole. It has a compact body, blunt oval head, short round ears that barely protrude from the fur, and a short, bicolored, rather stiff tail. It is easily confused with sympatric or parapatric Microtus arvalis, M. oeconomus, and M.
Mathias, Maria Da Luz +3 more
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Chinchilla chinchilla (Rodentia: Chinchillidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2018 Chinchilla chinchilla (Lichtenstein, 1830), a hystricomorph rodent of the family Chinchillidae, is a highland species that inhabits the Andean foothills of northern Chile and southern Bolivia, specifically the Antofagasta and Atacama regions in Chile and Potosi in Bolivia, at elevations of 3,500–5,000 m.
F., Pablo Valladares +3 more
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Phenomenon in the Evolution of Voles (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolidae)
, 2017 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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Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a new tick species from the Chacoan region in Argentina [PDF]
, 2012 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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Sciurus sanborni (Rodentia: Sciuridae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2017 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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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]
, 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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Fossil caries in a Pliocene rodent with a plausible instance of in situ preservation of bacterial remains [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaAn interesting case of a caries-affected area where bacterial remains were plausibly preserved in situ was found in an isolated tooth of the Plio-Pleistocene dormouse Glis sackdillingensis (Rodentia, Gliridae).
MICHAŁ CZERNIELEWSKI +2 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Leishmaniosis infection begins when a phlebotomine sand fly vector inoculates pathogenic protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania into a mammalian host.
M. Magdalena Alcover +2 more
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Otonyctomys hatti (Rodentia: Cricetidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2009 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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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Analysis of cranial endocast data of 181 extant and 41 fossil species from Euarchontoglires shows that there was a reduction in olfactory bulb size in Crown Primates, but that there were also subsequent reductions in various other primate clades (Anthropoidea, Catarrhini, Platyrrhini, crown Cercopithecoidea, Hominoidea).
Madlen Maryanna Lang +6 more
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