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Cave use by the Broad-footed Climbing Rat Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) in Santander, Colombia.

Mammalogy Notes, 2020
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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Dark diversity of flea (Siphonaptera) assemblages in South American rodents: Latitudinal and altitudinal gradients

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
The dark diversity of compound flea communities increased from north to south. The dark diversity of compound flea communities increased from lower to higher altitudes. The dark diversity of component flea communities also increased from north to south but did not vary with altitude.
Juliana P. Sanchez, M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia, Boris R. Krasnov   +2 more
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Prevalence of Leishmaniasis in Rodent\'s Fauna in Turkmen Sahra, Iran

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2015
Background and Objective: Given the Leishmaniasis is endemic in Turkmen Sahra, we aimed to study the contamination of rodents with this disease. Material and Methods: Seventy-three rodents were collected from three regions (Gonbad, Gomishan and Bandar ...
Gholipoory, M, Rezai, HR, Namroodi, S, ArabKhazaeli, F   +3 more
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A systematic review and meta‐analysis of variation in nest predation of ground‐nesting birds

Ibis, EarlyView.
Predation and communities of predators of ground‐nesting bird nests and fledglings have been studied across multiple groups of ground‐nesting birds, such as waders, waterbirds, gamebirds and passerines, and habitats, but differences and similarities between groups are less studied.
Mari D. Klaussen, Kevin A. Wood, Alex Nicol‐Harper, Anita Diaz Isla, Emilie A. Hardouin, Richard A. Stillman   +5 more
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Scratching beneath the surface: Quantification of muscle architecture and myosin heavy chain content in the forelimbs of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys, Rodentia)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Black‐tailed prairie dogs are highly social ground squirrels that excavate communal burrow systems, most often in medium‐textured soils. Their forelimbs demonstrate morphofunctional trade‐offs for scratch‐digging and terrestrial ecology, including well‐developed and fast‐contracting proximal musculature with large mechanical advantage paired with ...
Luke A. Scheetz, Carter A. Burnett, Benjamin R. Kimble, David A. Eads, Michael T. Butcher   +4 more
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From sagittal to sprawled: Clavicular co‐option and the evolution of forelimb mechanics in talpines

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Forelimb posture in Eulipotyphla divides into sagittal and sprawled groups with distinct scapular and clavicular orientations. First true rib strength scales with body mass, reflecting vertical ground reaction forces, whereas clavicular strength reflects differences in medially directed forces on the pectoral girdle, especially pronounced in highly ...
Shin‐ichi Fujiwara, Hiroaki Saito
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Twenty‐Year Progress in Landscape Genetics of Tetrapods

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Geographic distribution of tetrapod landscape genetics between 2003 and 2025. ABSTRACT Landscape genetics, an interdisciplinary field integrating population genetics, landscape ecology, and spatial analytical techniques, has progressed significantly over two decades, yet systematic reviews of its application to tetrapods remain limited. Here, we review
Tongtong Gu, Xing Jia, Yuxin He, Zixin Lin   +3 more
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Demographic buffering in natural populations: A multi‐level perspective

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 8, Page 1298-1310, August 2026.
We introduce a multi‐level framework that unites stochastic elasticities with nonlinear selection to test demographic buffering. Applying it across mammals reveals a key insight: ecological robustness to variability often decouples from evolutionary constraint, reshaping how we understand resilience under environmental stochasticity.
Gabriel Silva Santos, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, André Tavares Corrêa Dias, Maja Kajin, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +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 Polonica
An 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, PAWEŁ BĄCAL, BŁAŻEJ BŁAŻEJOWSKI   +2 more
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Molecular Survey of Tularemia and Plague in Small Mammals From Iran

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Introduction: Plague and tularemia are zoonoses and their causative bacteria are circulating in certain regions of Iran. This study was conducted to investigate potential disease reservoirs amongst small wildlife species in different regions of Iran ...
Ehsan Mostafavi, Ehsan Mostafavi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Ahmad Ghasemi, Mahdi Rohani, Mahdi Rohani, Leila Molaeipoor, Leila Molaeipoor, Leila Molaeipoor, Saber Esmaeili, Saber Esmaeili, Saber Esmaeili, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Mansour Aliabadian, Mansour Aliabadian, Anders Johansson   +21 more
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