LOCOMOTION IN THE FASTEST RODENT, THE MARA Dolichotis patagonum (CAVIOMORPHA; CAVIIDAE; DOLICHOTINAE)

Autor: Mariana Fuiza de Castro Loguercio, Oscar Rocha-Barbosa, Alejandra Isabel Echeverría, Karine Silva Climaco das Chagas, Federico Becerra, Aldo Iván Vassallo

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Mastozoología neotropical, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-79, Published: JUN 2019

Although rodents can move fast, they are in general considered non-cursorial mammals, with the notable exception of some species within the suborder Caviomorpha which are convergent with small-sized artiodactyls. The mara, Dolichotis patagonum (avera

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https://doi.org/10.31687/saremmn.19.26.1.0.06

Analysis of the Form-Function Relationship: Digging Behavior as a Case Study

Autor: Aldo Iván Vassallo, Federico Becerra, María Victoria Longo, Mariana Cohen, Alcira Ofelia Díaz, Guido N. Buezas, Alejandra Isabel Echeverría

Studies of functional morphology focus on species showing evident specializations, or at least some degree of divergence from the so-called “generalized phenotype.” This may have led to the proposal of the form-function correlation paradigm, whic

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-019-09492-7

Mandible strength and geometry in relation to bite force: a study in three caviomorph rodents

Autor: Federico Becerra, Adrián P. Cisilino, Guido N. Buezas, Alejandra Isabel Echeverría, Aldo Iván Vassallo

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The monophyletic group Caviomorpha constitutes the most diverse rodent clade in terms of locomotion, ecology and diet. Caviomorph species show considerable variation in cranio-mandibular morphology that has been linked to the differences in toughness

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Bite it forward … bite it better? Incisor procumbency and mechanical advantage in the chisel-tooth and scratch-digger genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Rodentia)

Autor: Aldo Iván Vassallo, Alejandra Isabel Echeverría, Guido N. Buezas, Federico Becerra

The subterranean genus Ctenomys (∼60 species, ∼100–1000 g) constructs its burrows by using both forefeet and teeth throughout a wide range of habitats in South America. They show a high variation in the incisors’ angle of attack (procumbency)

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944200617301769

Another one bites the dust: Bite force and ecology in three caviomorph rodents (Rodentia, Hystricognathi)

Autor: Aldo Iván Vassallo, Federico Becerra, Adrià Casinos, Alejandra Isabel Echeverría

Publikováno v: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 321:220-232

Mammals have developed sophisticated strategies adapting to particular locomotor modes, feeding habits, and social interactions. Many rodent species have acquired a fossorial, semi-fossorial, or even subterranean life-style, converging on morphologic

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1853