Since the recognition of hantavirus as the agent responsible for haemorrhagic fever in
Eurasia in the 1970s and, 20 years later, the descovery of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome …

Se actualiza la diversidad de especies de mamíferos de Colombia con base en una nueva
revisión de especímenes en las mayores colecciones del país y el extranjero y la …

Cerradomys is a monophyletic genus that includes four known species, Cerradomys
subflavus, C. maracajuensis, C. marinhus, and C. scotti, distributed throughout the open …

In order to achieve a monophyletic classification of oryzomyine rodents, 10 new genera are
described for species or species groups previously referred to the polyphyletic genus …

La megadiversidad de México es claramente ilustrada por el número de especies de
mamíferos presentes en el territorio nacional. Este número ha variado en los últimos 8 años …

The rodent superfamily Octodontoidea comprises 6 families, 38 genera, and 193 living
species of spiny rats, tuco-tucos, degus, hutias, and their relatives. All are endemic to the …

With about 400 living species and 82 genera, rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae
comprise one of the most diverse and more broadly distributed Neotropical mammalian …

We describe in this paper a new genus and species of cricetid rodent from the Atlantic Forest
of Brazil, one of the most endangered eco-regions of the world. The new form displays some …

Echimyidae is one of the most speciose and ecologically diverse rodent families in the
world, occupying a wide range of habitats in the Neotropics. However, a resolved phylogeny …

Cerrado and Caatinga are neighboring open biomes of tropical South America, but their
vegetation, soil, and climate characteristics render them distinctive formations. Despite these …