Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
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The importance of predation and burrow digging in explaining the evolution of sociality is
generally unclear. We focused on New World hystricognath rodents to evaluate three key …

Great part of ecological thought in desert ecology is based on research findings in the
northern hemisphere, and these have led to generalizations to other drylands. However …

Los roedores conforman el Orden más numeroso de mamíferos vivientes. Dentro de este
grupo, los caviomorfos representan un clado eminentemente sudamericano con una …

El ordenamiento sistemático de las especies de Chiroptera de Argentina sigue a Barquez et
al.(1999 b), reconociendo a Histiotus laephotis (Barquez y Díaz, 2001; Simmons, 2005) ya …

Las investigaciones sobre mamíferos neotropicales han tenido un importante impulso en los
últimos años. Este crecimiento se ha visto reflejado en la aparición de un importante …

The genome of the red vizcacha rat (Rodentia, Octodontidae, Tympanoctomys barrerae) is
the largest of all mammals, and about double the size of their close relative, the mountain …

The red viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae, is an octodontid rodent endemic to the arid
west-central and southern regions of Argentina. It is solitary, lives in complex burrows built in …

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 …

A new living species of the desert-adapted tetraploid rodent Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha,
Octodontidae) is described. The new form is restricted to the type locality in Chubut …