Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome is an emerging zoonosis in Brazil. Human infections
occur via inhalation of aerosolized viral particles from excreta of infected wild rodents …

Apesar do recente incremento ao conhecimento dos pequenos mamíferos do Holoceno do
Rio Grande do Sul e da sua importância como indicadores paleoambientais, a maioria das …

Rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae comprise a highly diversified group in the Atlantic
Forest, with semifossorial, terrestrial, semiaquatic, scansorial, and arboreal forms. In this …

Previous phylogenetic analyses of the tribe Phyllotini, one of the largest components of the
subfamily Sigmodontinae, have been based on a single source of evidence. In particular …

Deltamys is a monotypic sigmodontine rodent from the Pampas of South America. In
addition to the formally recognized D. kempi that inhabits lowlands, an undescribed form …

The Atlantic Forest harbors an impressive diversity of nonvolant small mammals. Despite
having been the target of many ecological and taxonomical studies in the last decades, this …

A new species of swamp rat of the genus Scapteromys from the Meridional Plateau of
Southern Brazil is described. Morphological, molecular, and karyological analysis support …

We describe a new sigmodontine fossil sequence ranging from 8,800±40 to 3,730±60 years
BP retrieved from the archaeological site RS-S-327: Sangão (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) …

Apresentamos a assembleia de sigmodontíneos do Holoceno inferior e médio registrada no
sítio arqueológico RS-TQ-58: Afonso Garivaldino Rodrigues (Município de Brochier, Estado …

A análise e identificação de pequenos mamíferos em egagropilos de coruja, em especial do
gênero Tyto, são consideradas uma ferramenta útil e complementar na mastozoologia. No …