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Chave para identificação de mamíferos da região amazônica brasileira com exceção dos quirópteros e primatas [PDF]

, 1982
Apresenta-se uma chave para identificar os mamíferos encontrados na região amazônica brasileira, excluídos os morcegos e macacos. Esta chave utiliza quantidade mínima de termos técnicos e poderá ser usada tanto por pessoas sem conhecimentos básicos, como
Peterson, Norman E., Pine, Ronald H .
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Drivers of Habitat Selection by the Endangered Greater Caribbean Manatee in Coastal‐Marine Ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Habitat selection is a fundamental aspect of animal movement and behaviour, involving strategies that influence population regulation, species interactions, community structure and the generation and preservation of biodiversity. The Greater Caribbean Manatee is a megaherbivorous aquatic mammal with high environmental plasticity, found in a ...
Iran C. Normande, Ana Carolina O. Meirelles, João C. G. Borges, Emma Deeks, Fernanda L. N. Attademo, Carolina N. Souza, Fábia O. Luna, Rafael A. Magris, Robson G. Santos   +8 more
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La paleodieta de cinco especies de mamíferos herbívoros rancholabreanos de valsequillo (Puebla, México) [PDF]

, 2015
Through the use of the 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotopic relationships found at enamel and osteodentine, here it is inferred the diet and preferred habitat in which five extinct herbivore species from the Late Pleistocene of Valsequillo, Puebla, México.
Alva-Valdivia, Luis M., Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquín, Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Edith, Morales-Puente, Pedro, Ochoa- Castillo, Patricia, Otero, Francisco J., Pérez-Crespo, Víctor A.   +6 more
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Ausgestorbene Meeresküstenungetüme τροχοί resp. rotae

Erga-Logoi, 2019
The paper discuss Claudius Aelian’s testimony concerning mysterious sea monsters called τροχοί (NA XIII 20). According to Aelian, these gigantic but timid animals swim in droves close to the shore.
Elwira Kaczynska, Witold Sadzinski, Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak   +2 more
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Vertebrados del mioceno de la provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina [PDF]

, 2000
La diversa fauna de antiguos vertebrados que se registra en los acantilados que bordean la margen oriental del río Paraná cerca de la ciudad de Paraná, provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina se conoce científicamente desde la primera mitad del siglo XIX.
Azpelicueta, María de las Mercedes, Bond, Mariano, Brandoni de Gasparini, Zulma Nélida, Carlini, Alfredo Armando, Casciotta, Jorge Rafael, Cione, Alberto Luis, Cozzuol, Mario Alberto, Fuente, Marcelo S. de la, Goin, Francisco Javier, Noriega, Jorge I., Scillato-Yané, Gustavo Juan, Soibelzon, José Sergio, Tonni, Eduardo, Verzi, Diego H., Vucetich, María Guiomar   +14 more
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Exploring Marine Mammal Cognition as a Conservation Tool

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Cognition is an animal's real‐time adaptation system for responding to change. Rapid environmental change, often anthropogenic, is expanding the range and severity of challenges confronting wild animals. Effective conservation requires a multifaceted approach that includes animals' capacities.
Gordon B. Bauer, Peter F. Cook, Heidi E. Harley, Jason Bruck, Mel Cosentino, Charles J. Deutsch, Nicola Erdsack, Wendi Fellner, Tabitha Gunnars, Heather Manitzas Hill, Sonia V. Kumar, Malin K. Lilley, Katherine A. McHugh, Jennifer Moore, Juliana R. Moron, Andrea Ravignani, Roger L. Reep, Athena M. Rycyk, Laela S. Sayigh, Anikó Szegedi, Christina Toms, Randall S. Wells   +21 more
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Population structure of Dugong dugon across the Indo-Pacific revealed by historical mitogenomes

Royal Society Open Science
Sirenia, an iconic marine taxon with a tropical and subtropical worldwide distribution, face an uncertain future. All species are designated ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction by the IUCN.
Lydia Hildebrand Furness, Oliver Kersten, Aurélie Boilard, Lucy Keith-Diagne, Cristina Brito, James H. Barrett, Andrew Kitchener, Richard Sabin, Shane Lavery, Stephanie Plön, Bastiaan Star   +10 more
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Ocurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. in Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Natterer, 1883) [PDF]

Biotemas, 2007
The apicomplexa protozoa Cryptosporidium infects several mammals, including terrestrial and aquatic species. In the epidemiology of this infection, the ingestion of water and/or food contamined with oocysts comprises the main mechanism of transmission to
Maria Aparecida da Glória Faustino, Jociery Einhardt Vergara-Parente, Carla Verônica Carrasco Aguilar, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Danielle dos Santos Lima, Leucio Câmara Alves, João Carlos Gomes Borges, Ana Maria Alves Lima, Miriam Marmontel   +8 more
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Nuevo registro de un cachalote (Physeter macrocephalus) varado y una revisión de varamientos en las costas de Argentina continental [PDF]

, 2011
Presentamos un nuevo registro de un cachalote, con notas sobre la dieta, la determinación de edad y la presencia de parásitos, junto con una revisión de los varamientos a lo largo de toda la costa continental argentina.
Crespo, Enrique Alberto, Dans, Silvana Laura, Degrati, Mariana, Garcia, Nestor Anibal, Grandi, Maria Florencia, Leonardi, María Soledad, Loizaga de Castro, Rocio, Pedraza, Susana Noemi, Vales, Damián Gustavo   +8 more
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Interaction Between Traditional Fishers and the Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in a Brazilian Amazon Estuary

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) is a semi‐aquatic carnivore from the Mustelidae family with a piscivorous habit that interacts with riverine populations because of fishing resources, and this relationship is often negative, especially in the Amazon where fishing represents an important activity for several communities ...
Dayse Souza Marques, Izabelle da Silva Mendes, César França Braga, Renata Emin‐Lima, Thuareag Monteiro Trindade dos Santos   +4 more
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