Origins of Galápagos' land-locked vertebrates: what, whence, when, how?

JR Ali, U Fritz - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Based on a synthesis of new molecular phylogenetic data, a detailed review is presented for
the origins of the Galápagos' native land-locked vertebrates [42 species; 11 clades: geckos …

[HTML][HTML] Species delimitation based on diagnosis and monophyly, and its importance for advancing mammalian taxonomy

EE Gutiérrez, GST Garbino - Zoological Research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A recently proposed taxonomic classification of extant ungulates sparked a series of
publications that criticize the Phylogenetic Species Concept (PSC) claiming it to be a …

Tempo and mode of evolution of oryzomyine rodents (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): a phylogenomic approach

AR Percequillo, JR do Prado, EF Abreu… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The tribe Oryzomyini is an impressive group of rodents, comprising 30 extant genera and an
estimated 147 species. Recent remarkable advances in the understanding of the diversity …

[HTML][HTML] A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia …

J Brito, C Koch, AR Percequillo, N Tinoco, M Weksler… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The Andean cloud forests of western Colombia and Ecuador are home to several endemic
mammals; members of the Oryzomyini, the largest Sigmodontinae tribe, are extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Systematics and biogeography of Anoura cultrata (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): a morphometric, niche modeling, and genetic perspective, with a …

J Molinari, EE Gutiérrez, BK Lim - Zootaxa, 2023 - mapress.com
The nectar-feeding bats of the genus Anoura are widely distributed in the Neotropics, but are
most speciose in the Andes. Anoura cultrata is a rare mid-elevation bat occurring in South …

New species boundaries and the diversification history of marsh rat taxa clarify historical connections among ecologically and geographically distinct wetlands of …

JR do Prado, LL Knowles, AR Percequillo - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Taxa with broad geographic ranges that occur in different biomes and exhibit plastic
morphological traits and/or adaptations to particular habitats make inferences about species …

A new species of South America marsh rat (Holochilus, Cricetidae) from northeastern Brazil

JR Prado, LL Knowles, AR Percequillo - Journal of Mammalogy, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Marsh rats of the genus Holochilus are broadly distributed and inhabit several distinct
environments throughout South America. As an enigmatic group with a somewhat uncertain …

The G alápagos I slands: biogeographic patterns and geology

M Heads, JR Grehan - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the traditional biogeographic model, the Galápagos Islands appeared a few million years
ago in a sea where no other islands existed and were colonized from areas outside the …

[HTML][HTML] A new species of Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from dry forests of the Amazonia-Cerrado transition

MV Brandao, AP Carmignotto, AR Percequillo… - Zootaxa, 2022 - mapress.com
Akodon is the most diverse genus of the tribe Akodontini, comprising 41 extant species.
Although distributed in a wide range of environments in South America, the genus was long …

[PDF][PDF] Mamíferos del Ecuador: lista actualizada de especies

DG Tirira, J Brito, SF Burneo - 2020 - bibdigital.epn.edu.ec
Mamíferos del Ecuador: lista actualizada de especies / Mammals of Ecuador: Updated checklist
species. Versión 2020.2 Page 1 See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at …