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Octodontomys gliroides (Rodentia: Octodontidae)
(Oxford University Press, 2018-09)
The genus Octodontomys contains only a single species, Octodontomys gliroides (P. Gervais and d'Orbigny, 1844), the mountain degu, found in Andean and Sub-Andean regions of 3 countries, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, from ...
A new living species of degu, genus Octodon (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae)
(Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, 2021-02)
We combine morphological (qualitative and quantitative data) and genetic (one mitochondrial and one nuclear gene) data from a large set of specimens of Octodon from the four currently recognized living species of the genus. ...
Morphology of the limbs in the semi-fossorial desert rodent species of tympanoctomys (Octodontidae, rodentia)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2017-10)
Here, a detailed description of the forelimbs and hindlimbs of all living species of the genus Tympanoctomys are presented. These rodents, highly adapted to desert environments, are semi-fossorial with capacity to move on ...
Evolutionary pattern of Metacaremys gen. nov. (Rodentia, Octodontidae) and its biochronological implications for the late Miocene and early Pliocene of southern South America
(John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2021-11)
We analyse the taxonomic status and diversity of the late Miocene Octodontoidea (Hystricognathi) Cercomys primitiva and related samples, a taxon previously known only from the holotype specimen. New findings associated ...
Whole-genome duplications in South American desert rodents (Octodontidae)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2004-08)
The discovery of tetraploidy in the red viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae (4 n = 102) has emphasized the evolutionary role of genome duplication in mammals. The tetraploid status of this species is corroborated here by ...
Primer registro de Tympanoctomys aureus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) en la provincia de La Rioja, República Argentina
(SAREM, 2022-06)
Tympanoctomys incluye cuatro especies vivientes endémicas de regiones áridas y semiáridas, mayormente restringidas al centro?oeste y centro?sur de Argentina. Para el Noroeste Argentino se ha mencionado a T. loschalchalerosorum ...
Diet of a fossorial rodent (Octodontidae), above-ground food availability, and changes related to cattle grazing in the Central Monte (Argentina)
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009-03)
Overgrazing by livestock has caused desertification in the Monte, where ctenomyids and livestock share grasses as main food items. The diet of Ctenomys eremophilus, above-ground food availability and changes related to ...
Influence of climate change on the predicted distributions of the genus Tympanoctomys (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Octodontidae), and their conservation implications
(Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, 2020-08)
Viscacha rats (genus Tympanoctomys Yepes, 1942) are ecologically, physiologically, and behaviorally unusual octodontid rodents endemic to the Monte and Patagonian desert biomes of Argentina. The geographic ranges of the ...
Elenco de los Phthiraptera (Insecta) hallados en distintas poblaciones locales de Ctenomys (Rodentia: Octodontidae) de Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia y Brasil
(Universidade de São Paulo, 2000-07)
The authors deal with 20 species of Phthiraptera in the genera Phtheiropoios Eichler, 1940 (Amblycera: Gyropidae) (14.species, all recorded in Argentina, 2 in Uruguay. l in Paraguay. one in Bolivia and I in Brazil), Gyropus ...
Portal Orientation and Architecture of Burrows in Tympanoctomys barrerae (Rodentia, Octodontidae)
(Alliance Communications Group Division Allen Press, 2003)