Diversity of social and mating systems in cavies: a review

O Adrian, N Sachser - Journal of Mammalogy, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Cavies (family Caviidae) are a group of rodents distributed over much of South America. The
high diversity of habitats inhabited by different species is paralleled by a high diversity of …

[HTML][HTML] Lista actualizada de la diversidad de los mamíferos del Perú y una propuesta para su actualización

V Pacheco, S Diaz, L Graham-Angeles… - Revista peruana de …, 2021 - scielo.org.pe
La lista de mamíferos del Perú más reciente, publicada en el año 2020, compiló un total de
569 especies y 82 especies endémicas, sin embargo, en corto tiempo varios cambios …

[HTML][HTML] The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga

EE Gutiérrez, J Marinho-Filho - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We undertook a comprehensive, critical review of literature concerning the distribution,
conservation status, and taxonomy of species of mammals endemic to the Cerrado and the …

Lista actualizada y comentada de los mamíferos de Bolivia

LF Aguirre, T Tarifa, RB Wallace, N Bernal, L Siles… - Ecología en …, 2019 - scielo.org.bo
Presentamos la actualización más completa, a la fecha, de la lista de mamíferos de Bolivia.
Incorporamos y describimos cambios taxonómicos recientes y nuevos registros para el país …

Morphology and postnatal ontogeny of the cranial endocast and paranasal sinuses of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the largest living rodent

JD Ferreira, MT Dozo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have analyzed and described the endocranial cavities of caviomorph
rodents. However, no study has documented the changes in the morphology and relative …

Major radiations in the evolution of caviid rodents: reconciling fossils, ghost lineages, and relaxed molecular clocks

ME Pérez, D Pol - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Caviidae is a diverse group of caviomorph rodents that is broadly distributed in
South America and is divided into three highly divergent extant lineages: Caviinae (cavies) …

An annotated checklist of the mammals of Paraguay

NU Sancha, C López-González, G D'Elia, P Myers… - Therya, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
As the center of convergence of some of the major bioregions of South America, Paraguay is
a biodiverse country of biogeographic importance. Yet despite a long history of natural …

Ecological and phylogenetic influence on mandible shape variation of South American caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha)

A Alvarez, SI Perez, DH Verzi - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We analyzed mandible shape variation of 17 genera belonging to three superfamilies
(Cavioidea, Chinchilloidea, and Octodontoidea) of South American caviomorph rodents …

The role of physical geography and habitat type in shaping the biogeographical history of a recent radiation of Neotropical marsupials (Thylamys: Didelphidae)

TC Giarla, SA Jansa - Journal of Biogeography, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In this study, we reconstructed the biogeographical history of species within the sister‐
genera Thylamys and Lestodelphys, Neotropical marsupials that primarily inhabit open …

The humerus of S outh A merican caviomorph rodents: shape, function and size in a phylogenetic context

CC Morgan, A Alvarez - Journal of Zoology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
S outh A merican caviomorph rodents comprise four major lineages encompassing wide
taxonomic and ecological diversity, but the morphological diversity of their postcranial …