Faunal inventories of the highest peaks of the Atlantic forests of South America, in the
Caparaó and Itatiaia mountain ranges in Southeastern Brazil, have revealed a new …

Morphometries is the quantitative study of organisms shape and size. Intrinsic (eg age and
sex) and extrinsic (eg abiotic conditions) factors can be related to morphological diversity …

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 …

Akodon is the second most diverse genus of sigmodontine rodents, comprising 40 extant
species. Widely distributed through different environments of South America, the genus …

We report the results of a terrestrial small mammal survey at one National Park in the
northeastern Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco. The Catimbau National Park is located …

Laelapids are among the most common ectoparasites of rodents. Currently, it is under
discussion whether there is a single polixenous species that parasites a variety of hosts, or …

Abstract Rapid Morphological Changes (RMCs) in rodents has been frequently
documented. However, relation between RMCs and potential environmental drivers has …

Abstract The rodent genus Oecomys (Sigmodontinae) comprises~ 16 species that inhabit
tropical and subtropical forests in Central America and South America. In this study …

Gracilinanus microtarsus, from the Atlantic Forest and G. agilis, widespread in central Brazil
in the Cerrado and in the northeastern Caatinga are two small Neotropical arboreal …

The Atlantic Forest harbors an impressive diversity of nonvolant small mammals. Despite
having been the target of many ecological and taxonomical studies in the last decades, this …