Abstract A Late Holocene (ca. 3,100 to 380 BP) sample of the viscacha rat genus Octomys
(Octodontidae) from the Vaquerías Gruta 1 site (VQ-G1) in western Argentina is reported …

Group living is thought to evolve whenever individuals attain a net fitness advantage due to
reduced predation risk or enhanced foraging efficiency, but also when individuals are forced …

Caviomorph rodents represent an excellent model to explore morphological diversification
on a macroevolutionary scale, as they are ecologically and morphologically diverse. We …

Caviomorph rodents represent one of the most distinctive groups of mammals in southern S
outh A merica drylands; they colonized S outh A merica from A frica via trans‐oceanic …

Understanding activity patterns of large mammals provides a lens to view potential temporal
niches, while studies on daily activity patterns are helpful to understand behavioral ecology …

Habitat selection in deserts is mainly modulated by the availability of resources. The basic
hypotheses regarding coexistence of species in arid environments offer two possibilities: 1) …

Spatial relationships among conspecifics can provide insights into numerous aspects of
social behavior. Spatial data may be particularly important for characterizing the behavior of …

Context Temporal reduction in shelter is an indirect primary impact of fire. Removal of animal
refugia has implications for shelter site selection and fidelity–factors that have been largely …

Abstract Octomys mimax O. Thomas, 1920, the viscacha rat, is a surface-dwelling rodent,
endemic to the Monte biome of western Argentina. The genus Octomys is monotypic and …

Abstract† Prospaniomys is a basal octodontoid recorded in the early Miocene in Patagonia
(Argentina; Colhuehuapian SALMA). Nearly complete cranial and mandibular remains …