Evolution of morphological adaptations for digging in living and extinct ctenomyid and octodontid rodents

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-283

  Lessa, Enrique P ^a   Vassallo, Aldo I ^b   Verzi, Diego H ^c   Mora, Matías S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ctenomyidae; Evolutionary morphology; Octodontidae; Subterranean niche

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; RODENT; SHELTER; TAXONOMY;

CAVIOMORPHA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; SPALACOPUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 53349102073     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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