The rainforests of the Neotropics shelter a vast diversity of plant, animal and microscopic
species that provide critical ecosystem goods and services for both local and worldwide …

Oecomys is a genus of Neotropical arboreal rodents composed of 17 species with diploid
number ranging from 2 n= 54 to 86. Despite this high taxonomic and karyotypic diversity, the …

The nominal species Oligoryzomys flavescens (yellow pygmy rice rat) appears in different
phylogenetic reconstructions as paraphyletic, forming a complex together with Oligoryzomys …

This report is the third in our monographic series on mammalian diversity and Matses
ethnomammalogy in the Yavarí-Ucayali interfluvial region of northeastern Peru. Based on …

Mammal diversity assessments based on DNA derived from invertebrates have been
suggested as alternatives to assessments based on traditional methods; however, no study …

The genus Calomys includes several species that have very similar external morphologies,
which often leads to confusing field identification and has resulted in conflictive taxonomic …

We reviewed the taxonomic status of the “extinct” mouse opossum Cryptonanus ignitus
(Diaz, Flores and Barquez, 2000). This species is only known from the type, an adult male …

Owls are efficient predators and are widely distributed around the globe. Remains of
undigested prey is regurgitated by these birds in the form of pellets, and these are a …

Oecomys tapajinus (Tapajós Oecomys) is currently a junior synonym of Oecomys roberti
(Robert's Oecomys), a widely distributed Amazonian mouse, which probably represents a …

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 …