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Journal articles on the topic "Mammal - marsupials"
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Cifelli, Richard L., and Christian De Muizon. "Marsupial mammal from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, Central Utah." Journal of Paleontology 72, no. 3 (1998): 532–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000024306.
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Little is known of the non-dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) part of the North Horn Formation, despite its biogeographic importance. Herein we describe a new marsupial mammal from the unit, founded on an exceptionally complete specimen of a juvenile individual, and present new information on the incisor region of early marsupials, based on comparison with complete specimens from the early Paleocene of Bolivia. Alphadon eatoni, new species, is the smallest Lancian species of the genus, and departs from a presumed marsupial morphotype in having the second lower incisor enlarged. The species is, however, primitive in lacking a “staggered” pattern to the incisor series and in having a labial mandibular foramen, and in these respects it differs from Paleocene and later marsupials. Poor representation of other taxa precludes meaningful comparison to most other North American Cretaceous marsupials, although Eodelphis, thought to be distantly related, also has an enlarged i2. Although Alphadon is characterized by many primitive features, the relative development of the incisors is not what would be predicted in a morphological antecedent to later Marsupialia.
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Price, Gilbert J., Kyle J. Ferguson, Gregory E. Webb, et al. "Seasonal migration of marsupial megafauna in Pleistocene Sahul (Australia–New Guinea)." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284, no. 1863 (2017): 20170785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0785.
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Seasonal two-way migration is an ecological phenomenon observed in a wide range of large-bodied placental mammals, but is conspicuously absent in all modern marsupials. Most extant marsupials are typically smaller in body size in comparison to their migratory placental cousins, possibly limiting their potential to undertake long-distance seasonal migrations. But what about earlier, now-extinct giant marsupial megafauna? Here we present new geochemical analyses which show that the largest of the extinct marsupial herbivores, the enormous wombat-like Diprotodon optatum , undertook seasonal, two-way latitudinal migration in eastern Sahul (Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea). Our data infer that this giant marsupial had the potential to perform round-trip journeys of as much as 200 km annually, which is reminiscent of modern East African mammal migrations. These findings provide, to our knowledge, the first evidence for repetitive seasonal migration in any metatherian (including marsupials), living or extinct, and point to an ecological phenomenon absent from the continent since the Late Pleistocene.
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Cooper, W. James, and Scott J. Steppan. "Developmental constraint on the evolution of marsupial forelimb morphology." Australian Journal of Zoology 58, no. 1 (2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo09102.
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Compared with the placental mammals, marsupials are born at an almost embryonic stage, but nearly all of these neonates immediately climb or crawl to one of their mother’s teats using precociously developed forelimbs. Marsupial adults also exhibit limited forelimb shape diversity relative to the members of their sister group. That the functional requirements of this natal climb have imposed a developmental constraint on marsupial forelimb evolution represents a compelling and widely accepted hypothesis, yet its resulting predictions for the comparative patterns of mammal limb shape diversity have never been tested. In order to perform such tests we conducted extensive taxonomic sampling of mammal limb morphology (including fossil specimens), and then examined these data using morphometric methods, non-parametric analyses of anatomical disparity, and phylogenetic comparative analyses of evolutionary rates. Our results strongly support the constraint hypothesis, and indicate that the highly significant differences between marsupial and placental forelimb shape diversity has been strongly influenced by different rates of morphological evolution among the distal forelimb elements in these two important mammal lineages.
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Coelho, Marcella Gonçalves, Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos, Jean Ezequiel Limongi, et al. "Serologic evidence of the exposure of small mammals to spotted-fever Rickettsia and Rickettsia bellii in Minas Gerais, Brazil." Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 10, no. 03 (2016): 275–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.7084.
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Introduction: Sources of pathogenic Rickettsia in wildlife are largely unknown in Brazil. In this work, potential tick vectors and seroreactivity of small mammals against four spotted-fever group Rickettsia (R. rickettsii, R. parkeri, R. amblyommii and R. rhipicephali) and Rickettsia bellii from peri-urban areas of Uberlândia, a major town in Brazil, are described for the first time. Methodology: Small mammals were captured and blood samples collected. Ticks were collected from the surface of the host and the environment and posteriorly identified. Reactivity of small mammal sera to Rickettsia was tested by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using crude antigens from five Brazilian Rickettsia isolates. Results: Information was obtained from 416 small mammals (48 Marsupialia and 368 Rodentia). Forty-eight animals were parasitized and two tick species, Ixodes loricatus and Amblyomma dubitatum, were found on several host species, with a few tick-host relationships described for the first time. From the 416 tested sera, 70 reacted to at least one Rickettsia antigen (prevalence of 16.8%) and from these, 19 (27.1%) reacted to two or more antigens. Seroprevalence was higher for marsupials (39.6%) than for rodents (13.8%). Marsupial and Rhipidomys spp. sera reacted mainly (highest seroprevalence and titers) to R. bellii, and that of Necromys lasiurus mainly to R. rickettsii. Conclusions: Although the serologic assays poorly discriminate between closely related spotted-fever group Rickettsia, the observed small mammal seroreactivity suggests the circulation of Rickettsia in the peri-urban area of Uberlândia, albeit at low levels.
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Renfree, Marilyn B., Eleanor I. Ager, Geoff Shaw, and Andrew J. Pask. "Genomic imprinting in marsupial placentation." REPRODUCTION 136, no. 5 (2008): 523–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep-08-0264.
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Genomic imprinting is a widespread epigenetic phenomenon in eutherian mammals, which regulates many aspects of growth and development. Parental conflict over the degree of maternal nutrient transfer is the favoured hypothesis for the evolution of imprinting. Marsupials, like eutherian mammals, are viviparous but deliver an altricial young after a short gestation supported by a fully functional placenta, so can shed light on the evolution and time of acquisition of genomic imprinting. All orthologues of eutherian imprinted genes examined have a conserved expression in the marsupial placenta regardless of their imprint status. Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are the most common mechanism controlling genomic imprinting in eutherian mammals, but none were found in the marsupial imprinted orthologues of IGF2 receptor (IGF2R), INS or mesoderm-specific transcript (MEST). Instead, histone modification appears to be the mechanism used to silence these genes. At least three genes in marsupials have DMRs: H19, IGF2 and PEG10. PEG10 is particularly interesting as it is derived from a retrotransposon, providing the first direct evidence that retrotransposon insertion can drive the evolution of an imprinted region and of a DMR in mammals. The insertion occurred after the prototherian–therian mammal divergence, suggesting that there may have been strong selection for the retention of imprinted regions that arose during the evolution of placentation. There is currently no evidence for genomic imprinting in the egg-laying monotreme mammals. However, since these mammals do have a short-lived placenta, imprinting appears to be correlated with viviparity but not placentation.
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Lindenmayer, D. B., C. MacGregor, A. Welsh, et al. "Contrasting mammal responses to vegetation type and fire." Wildlife Research 35, no. 5 (2008): 395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr07156.
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The response of terrestrial mammals and arboreal marsupials to past burning history as well as a year prior to, and then for 4 years after, a major wildfire in 2003 at Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory was quantified. The present study encompassed extensive repeated surveys at a set of 109 replicated sites stratified by vegetation type and fire history. It was found that most species exhibited significant differences in presence and abundance between major vegetation types. Detections of long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) increased significantly in all vegetation types surveyed, in both burnt and unburnt areas. Temporal patterns in captures of three species of small mammals (bush rat (Rattus fuscipes), swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus) and brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii)) showed a trend for lower numbers of captures on burnt sites compared with unburnt sites. Three species of arboreal marsupials, common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus), greater glider (Petauroides volans) and common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), were moderately common and all showed marked differences in abundance between vegetation types. Whereas P. peregrinus and P. volans exhibited a temporal decline between 2003 and 2006, T. vulpecula exhibited a general increase from 2003 levels. However, arboreal marsupial responses did not appear to be directly fire related.
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Teta, Pablo, Javier A. Pereira, Emiliano Muschetto, and Natalia Fracassi. "Mammalia, Didelphimorphia, Chiroptera, and Rodentia, Parque Nacional Chaco and Capitán Solari, Chaco province, Argentina." Check List 5, no. 1 (2009): 144. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/5.1.144.
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We studied the small mammal assemblage (bats, marsupials and rodents) of Parque Nacional Chaco and Capitán Solari (Chaco Province, Argentina) based on captures and analysis of owl pellets. Twenty-one species were recorded during a brief survey, including two marsupials, seven bats, and twelve rodents. In addition, we documented the first occurrence of the bat Lasiurus ega in the Chaco Province, and extended to the southwest the distribution of the didelphid marsupial Cryptonanus chacoensis and the oryzomyine rodent Oecomys sp. We also provided a second occurrence site in the ents Calomys laucha and Holochilus brasiliensis. Identified taxa belonged to species that are typical of the Humid Chaco ecoregion of Argentina.
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Sinclair, A. R. E. "Fertility control of mammal pests and the conservation of endangered marsupials." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 9, no. 1 (1997): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/r96057.
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Populations are bounded by negative feedbacks operating through fertility or mortality, termedpopulation regulation. If fertility is artificially reduced, the average size of the population is also reduced, but only under certain conditions. If (i) juvenile survival or (ii) adult survival improve due to lower fertility, or (iii) territoriality limits populations, the effects of lower birth rate will not change population size unless such reduction exceeds the effects of these processes. Published data on population trends and birth rates have allowed a comparison among species of instantaneous rates of change. The intrinsic rate of increase, rm, and population variability are both related to body size, because birth rates and survivorship are also related to body size. These rates are trade-offs as adaptations. Populations of species in exotic habitats may fluctuate more than when they are in their indigenous habitats. Fertility control could reduce such fluctations. Marsupials have lower birth rates than eutherians, and so rely more on survivorship, perhaps as an adaptation to unpredictable environments. Compromising survival by either habitat change or increased predation will affect marsupials more than eutherians. This explains why many marsupial populations are declining towards extinction.
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VAZ, V. C., P. S. D'ANDREA, and A. M. JANSEN. "Effects of habitat fragmentation on wild mammal infection by Trypanosoma cruzi." Parasitology 134, no. 12 (2007): 1785–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003118200700323x.
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SUMMARYExpansion of human activities frequently results in habitat fragmentation, a phenomenon that has been widely recognized in the last decades as one of the major threats to world's biodiversity. The transformation of a continuous forest into a fragmented area results in a hyper-dynamic landscape with unpredictable consequences to overall ecosystem health. The effect of the fragmentation process on Trypanosoma cruzi infection among small wild mammals was studied in an Atlantic Rain Forest landscape. Comparing continous forest to fragmented habitat, marsupials were less abundant than rodents in the continuous landscape. An overall decrease in small wild mammal richness was observed in the smaller fragments. An anti-T. cruzi seroprevalence of 18% (82/440) was deteced by immunofluorescence assay. Moreover, this seroprevalence was higher in the fragmented habitat than in the continuous forest. According to the collected data, 3 main factors seem to modulate infection by T. cruzi in small wild mammals: (i) habitat fragmentation; (ii) biodiversity loss; (iii) increase of marsupial abundance in mammal communities. Furthermore, an extremely mild controlled infection by T. cruzi was detected since no patent parasitaemia could be detected in fresh blood samples, and no parasites were isolated by haemoculture.
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Hooker, J. J. "An additional record of a placental mammal (Order Astrapotheria) from the Eocene of West Antarctica." Antarctic Science 4, no. 1 (1992): 107–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102092000154.
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Recently, fossil land mammals have been recorded in the James Ross Island area, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, from the marine middle-late Eocene strata of Seymour Island. These include two endemic species of polydolopid marsupial: Antarctodolops dailyi Woodburne & Zinsmeister 1984, and Eurydolops seymourensis Case, Woodburne & Chaney 1988, and three partly determinate placentals identified as a tardigrade edentate, a sparnotheriodontid litoptern and a trigonostylopid astrapothere (Bond et al. 1989). The marsupials are represented by fragmentary jaw and complete dental material, the litoptern and astrapothere only by tooth fragments. All are recorded from Unit TELM 5 of the La Meseta Formation (Sadler 1988), the two ungulates at a lower level than the rest. The subject of the present note is a second tooth fragment from Seymour Island identified as an astrapothere. It is worth recording because such mammal remains are rare and it is from TELM 4, the unit below that yielding the other land mammals.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Mammal - marsupials"
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Aberton, John G., and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Succession of small mammal communities after fire and reintroduction of the Swamp Antechinus Antechinue Minimus." Deakin University. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 1996. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051111.122639.
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This thesis is involved with changes that have occurred to small mammal populations following a major disturbance in the Anglesea region as a result of the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires. Fire, with its effects on spatial and temporal heterogeneity, was found to be an important factor in the maintenance of vegetation and small mammal community structure and diversity in the region. Successional changes in vegetation and small mammal communities were described by multivariate analyses, using data collected annually from 22 study sites. The use of factor analysis techniques, in reducing the annual capture data content, enabled long-term changes in the structure of mammal communities to be interpreted. The small mammal communities in the coastal heath and forest vegetation in the Anglesea region show evidence of a general resilience, (the degree and speed of recovery), to disturbance. Two phases of successional response to fire by mammal species have been proposed; a re-establishment phase which occurs in the initial 5-6 years post-fire and is accompanied by rapid increase in species abundance, and a subsequent maintenance phase accompanied by relatively minor changes in abundance. Habitat Suitability Indices were produced relating to these phases. Vertical density measures of understorey shrubs and herb layers showed significant relationships with small mammal species abundance at the study sites. Long term studies following major disturbances are needed to distinguish between short term recovery of plant and animal species and long term changes in these species. Studies extending over a number of years enable a better directional view of changes in small mammal communities than can be determined from . observations made over a short period.
As a part of the investigation into temporal change, it was proposed to undertake trial reintroductions of the Swamp antechinus, Ant echinus minimus, a marsupial dasyurid species which was trapped in the area prior to the 1983 fire, but rarely subsequently. Other more commonly observed native small mammal species (e.g. Rattus fuscipes,R. lutreolus, Antechinus stuartii, Sminthopsis leucopus) had re-invaded the proposed reintroduction site after this fire. Failure of A. minimus to re-establish may have been due to spatial separation of the pre-fire populations coupled with the extensive area burnt in 1983, A source population of the species was located about 100km to the west and habitat utilization and interspecific and niche relationships between the species making the small mammal community explored. Discriminant analysis revealed some spatial separation of species within a habitat based on structural vegetation factors rather than floristic factors. Temporal separation of species was observed, asA. minimus were more active than Rattus species during daylight periods. There was evidence of micro-habitat selection by species, and structural vegetation factors were most commonly identified in statistical analyses as contributing towards selection by small mammal species. Following a theoretical modelling study three reintroduction trials were carried out near Anglesea during 1992-94. Individuals were subsequently radio tracked, and habitat relationships between the species in the small mammal community investigated. Although successful breeding of A, minimus occurred during the latter two trials, the subsequent fate of offspring was not determined. Invasive techniques required to adequately monitor young animals were considered potentially too damaging. Telemetry studies indicated a preference of A. minimus for short, wet heath vegetation. Structural vegetation factors were identified as being significant in discriminating between capture locations of species. Small scale and inexpensive trial reintroductions have yielded valuable additional data on this species and may be viewed as a useful tool in the conservation of other small native mammals.
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Freitas, Simone Lóss de. "Variação geográfica, filogenia e sistemática de Gracilinanus microtarsus (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia)." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2007. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/5722.
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Previous issue date: 2007-03-27<br>A catita Gracilinanus microtarsus ocorre principalmente ao longo da Mata Atlântica do leste e sul do Brasil. Estudos prévios relevaram altos níveis de divergência genética entre amostras ao longo de sua distribuição. Nesse trabalho nós analisamos a congruência da variação geográfica entre caracteres moleculares e morfológicos para avaliar se populações identificadas como Gracilinanus microtarsus representam mais de uma espécie, como sugerido anteriormente. Nós examinamos 195 espécimes de G. microtarsus, 94 de G. agilis e 12 de Cryptonanus sp., e inferimos a filogenia com base em 25 caracteres morfológicos discretos. Nós comparamos os resultados com uma filogenia baseada em seqüências parciais de citocromo b de 27 espécimes. A monofilia do gênero e das duas espécies G. microtarsus e G. agilis foram corroboradas pelas análises de dados morfológicos e moleculares. A filogenia molecular mostrou três clados e a filogenia com base em dados morfológicos apresentou três linhagens em G. microtarsus, as quais também se segregaram no espaço morfométrico, indicando a possibilidade de existirem três espécies em G. microtarsus. No entanto, as filogenias morfológicas e moleculares não se apresentaram completamente congruentes ao serem comparadas e a análise morfológica resultou como parafilética na filogenia molecular. Portanto, nossos resultados sugerem que G. microtarsus representa apenas uma espécie, diagnosticável por caracteres morfológicos e moleculares, mostrando forte variação morfológica ao longo de sua distribuição<br>The gracile mouse opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus occurs mainly along the Atlantic forest of eastern and southern Brazil. Earlier studies revealed high levels of genetic divergence among samples across its range. Here, we analyzed the congruence of geographic variation between molecular and morphological characters to evaluate whether the populations that have been segregated by molecular divergence represent more than one species, as previously suggested. We examined 195 specimens of G. microtarsus, 94 of G. agilis, and 12 of Cryptonanus sp., and inferred a phylogeny based on 25 discrete morphological characters. We compared this result with a phylogeny based on partial cytochrome b sequences of 27 specimens. The monophyly of the genus, and of both G. microtarsus and G. agilis were corroborated by morphological and molecular analyses. The molecular phylogeny recovered three clades, and the morphological data indicated three distinct lineages, which also segregated in morphometric space, indicating the possibility of occurrence of three cryptic species within what is currently identified as G. microtarsus. However, morphological and molecular phylogenies were not completely congruent, and the morphological classification of the specimens included in the molecular analysis resulted in a paraphyletic group in the molecular phylogeny. Hence, our results suggest that G. microtarsus represents one species, diagnosable by morphological and molecular characters, showing strong morphological and molecular variation throughout its distributional range
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Warburton, Natalie Marina. "Functional morphology and evolution of marsupial moles (Marsupialia, Notoryctemorphia)." University of Western Australia. School of Animal Biology, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2004.0038.
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Marsupial moles (genus Notoryctes) are the most highly specialised burrowing marsupials. The specialisations of the appendicular musculo-skeletal system of the marsupial moles are extensive and widespread; the major alterations are concentrated in, but not restricted to, the forelimb. Many of the derived features of the muscular system appear to be adaptations for improving the mechanical advantage of the limbs for burrowing. A number of the specialisations of the muscular system of the marsupial moles are convergent with those previously documented in other fossorial mammals, including golden moles, rodents and armadillos. There are, however, a number of unique specialisations of the musculo-skeletal system of Notoryctes. The functional morphology of the locomotor apparatus of marsupial moles is interpreted on the basis of the descriptions of the anatomy of the skeletal and muscular systems. The burrowing technique of the marsupial moles is a modified form of the parasagittal digging method that is used by other fossorial mammals, such as golden moles, armadillos and some rodents including pocket gophers. Differences in the functional morphology of the hindlimb between marsupial moles and other fossorial mammals are a reflection of the fact that marsupial moles do not construct permanent open burrow systems, but instead constantly dig through loose soil, backfilling as they progress. The functional morphology of the tail is uniquely specialised in the marsupial moles to function as the fifth limb during the pentapedal burrowing locomotion of marsupial moles. The remains of Miocene fossil marsupial mole, while clearly pleisiomorphic with respect to the appendicular skeletal morphology of modern notoryctids, demonstrate a high degree of specialisation for digging. It is hypothesised that the Miocene marsupial mole was already substantially specialised for a fossorial lifestyle, and thus pre-adapted for a subterranean lifestyle developed in correlation with the desertification of the Australian continent. Phylogenetic affinities of marsupial moles within the Marsupialia have long been enigmatic. While specialisation of the musculo-skeletal system have been so widespread as to obscure almost any phylogenetically relevant patterns, there is some evidence to support an association between notoryctids and peramelid bandicoots. Interspecific differences between the two species of marsupial moles, Notoryctes typhlops and N. caurinus, are minor but do support the separation of the two species.
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Rondon, Michelle Viviane Sá dos Santos. "Biodiversity of intestinals parasites in wild mammals from two locations of São Paulo States." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315158.
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Previous issue date: 2010<br>Resumo: Os parasitas ocorrem praticamente em todos os níveis tróficos e sua transmissão pode depender da presença de uma variedade de hospedeiros intermediários, paratênicos e definitivos dentro do ecossistema. Exercem importantes efeitos sobre as populações de seus hospedeiros, alterando o comportamento, sucesso reprodutivo e a mortalidade. Por esse motivo, alguns autores os consideram importantes indicadores ambientais. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estudar a epidemiologia e a biodiversidade de parasitas intestinais em mamíferos silvestres do reservatório do Jaguari, situado na cidade de Vargem/SP e do Parque Ecológico Prof. Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho em Campinas/SP, e relacionar com os hábitos dos hospedeiros. Os espécimes de mamíferos foram capturados por armadilhas, posteriormente foram medidos, pesados, marcados, e após a coleta de fezes, os animais foram soltos. Para a pesquisa dos parasitas intestinais utilizaram-se os métodos de sedimentação, flutuação, e necrópsias foram realizadas em alguns casos. No reservatório de Jaguari foram realizadas 23 coletas entre os meses de agosto de 2005 a agosto de 2007. Os pequenos mamíferos capturados (N= 235) foram: Akodon montensis (71,5%), Calomys sp. (6,8%), Oligoryzomys nigripes (14%), Didelphis aurita (3,4%), Gracilinanus sp. (0,4%), Lutreolina crassicaudata (0,4%), Monodelphis sp. (2,1%) e Sylvilagus brasiliensis (1,3%). Também fora recolhidas amostras fecais (N=44), encontradas nas margens do reservatório de: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (56,8%), Lontra longicaudis (38,6%) e Puma concolor (4,5%). Das 303 amostras, 205 apresentaram-se positivas para parasitas, representando 67,6%. Foram encontrados: adultos de Cruzia tentaculata (0,5%), larvas de Nematoda (18,5%), ovos de Ascarididae (2,9%), Cruzia tentaculata (1,5%), Oxyuridae (0,9%), semelhantes à Dioctophyma sp. (0,5%), Syphacia sp. (0,5%), Toxocaridae sp. (0,5%), Trichostrongylidae (79%), Trichuridae (17%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0,9%), Hymenolepis nana (5,4%), Pseudophyllidea (0,9%), Taeniidae (0,5%), Trematoda (6,3%) e Acanthocephala (3,4%). Cistos de Amoebidae (1,9%), Giardia sp. (0,9%), semelhantes à Balantidium sp. (0,5%), oocistos de Coccidiida (10,2%), Eimeria sp. (0,9%) e trofozoitos de Amoebidae (2,4%), também foram encontrados. No Parque Ecológico, foram realizadas 16 coletas entre os meses de novembro de 2006 a fevereiro de 2008. Os pequenos mamíferos capturados (N= 103) correspondem aos roedores Myocastor coypus (6,8%), Nectomys squamipes (1,0%), Rattus rattus (20,4%), e o marsupial Didelphis albiventris (71,8%). O total de amostras fecais coletadas foi de 279, e 207 apresentaram-se positivas para parasitas, representando 74,2%. Foram encontrados adultos de Cruzia tentaculata (1,4%), larvas de Nematoda (24,1%), ovos de Ascarididae (3,4%), Capillaridae (2,9%), Cruzia tentaculata (67,6%), Oxyuridae (3,4%), semelhantes à Dioctophyma sp. (1,0%); semelhante à Syngamus sp. (6,3%), Spiruroidea (1,0%), Trichostrongylidae (21,2%), Trichuridae (19,8%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0,5%), Trematoda (8,2%), e Acanthocephala (1,9%). Oocistos de Coccidiida (39,6%), Eimeria sp. (4,3%) e Isospora sp. (1,0%) também estiveram presentes. Akodon montensis foi o animal mais frequente e com maior número de morfotipos de parasitas do reservatório de Jaguari, o mesmo ocorreu com o marsupial Didelphis albiventris no Parque Ecológico. Os parasitas mais frequentes foram os de ciclo monoxênico, que estão intimamente ligados aos hábitos dos animais estudados.<br>Abstract: The parasites occur practically in all trophic levels and their transmission can depend by the presence of a variety of intermediate, parathenic and definitive hosts within the ecosystem. They have important effects over their host populations as, behaviour changing, reproductive success and mortality. By these reasons, some authors consider then important environmental indicators. The objective of this studying was the epidemiology and the intestinals parasites biodiversity in wild mammals from the reservoir of Jaguari, located at the City of Vargem, São Paulo state, and relates with the hosts habits. The specimens were captured by traps, than measured, checked the weight, marked, the faeces were collected and the animals were released. For the intestinals parasites research, the sedimentation and fluctuation methods were used, and autopsies were performed in some cases. In the Jaguari reservoir 23 collects were performed between august 2005 to august 2007. The smalls captured mammals (N= 235) were: Akodon montensis (71.5%), Calomys sp. (6.8%), Oligoryzomys nigripes (14%), Didelphis aurita (3.4%), Gracilinanus sp. (0.4%), Lutreolina crassicaudata (0.4%), Monodelphis sp. (2.1%) and Sylvilagus brasiliensis (1.3%). Also faeces samples were collected (N=44) from the margins of the reservoir as: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (56.8%), Lontra longicaudis (38.6%) and Puma concolor (4.5%). From the 303 samples, 205 showed positive for parasites, representing 67.6%. Were found: adults of Cruzia tentaculata (0.5%), larvae of Nematoda (18.5%), Ascarididae eggs (2.9%), Cruzia tentaculata (1.5%), Oxyuridae (0.9%), similars to Dioctophyma sp. (0.5%), Syphacia sp. (0.5%), Toxocaridae sp. (0.5%), Trichostrongylidae (79%), Trichuridae (17%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0.9%), Hymenolepis nana (5.4%), Pseudophyllidea (0.9%), Taeniidae (0.5%), Trematoda (6.3%) and Acanthocephala (3.4%). Cysts of Amoebidae (1.9%), Giardia sp. (0.9%), similars to Balantidium sp. (0.5%), oocysts of Coccidiida (10.2%), Eimeria sp. (0.9%) and trophozoites of Amoebidae (2.4%), also were found. In the Ecological Park, were done 16 collects between November 2006 to February 2008. The small mammals captured (N= 103) were the rodents Myocastor coypus (6.8%), Nectomys squamipes (1.0%), Rattus rattus (20.4%), and the marsupial Didelphis albiventris (71.8%). The total faeces samples collected was 279, and 207 showed positive for parasites, representing 74.2%. Were found adults of Cruzia tentaculata (1.4%), Nematoda larvae (24.1%), Ascarididae eggs (3.4%), Capillaridae (2.9%), Cruzia tentaculata (67.6%), Oxyuridae (3.4%), similars to Dioctophyma sp. (1.0%); similar to Syngamus sp. (6.3%), Spiruroidea (1.0%), Trichostrongylidae (21.2%), Trichuridae (19.8%), Hymenolepis diminuta (0.5%), Trematoda (8.2%), and Acanthocephala (1.9%). Oocysts of Coccidiida (39.6%), Eimeria sp. (4.3%) and Isospora sp. (1.0%) were present as well. Akodon montensis was the most frequent animal and with the highest number of parasites morphotypes from the Jaguari reservoir, the same happened with the marsupial Didelphis albiventris in the Ecological Park. The most frequent parasites were those which have monoxenic cycle, which are intimately connected to the feed habits from the studied animals.<br>Doutorado<br>Parasitologia<br>Doutor em Parasitologia
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Almeida, Marcos Vinicius de 1988. "Aspectos da ecologia populacional de Gracilinanus microtarsus (Mammalia: Didelphidae)." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315880.
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Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: O objetivo do presente trabalho foi investigar diversos parâmetros de interesse para a ecologia populacional de Gracilinanus microtarsus. Em particular os objetivos foram estimar probabilidade sobrevivência e verificar como a população de G. microtarsus do Cerrado de Mogi Guaçu no estado de São Paulo se comporta com relação ao contínuo de estratégias reprodutivas; estimar taxas de captura e recaptura e verificar se os indivíduos na população do Cerrado de Mogi Guaçu se comportam com relação a chance de ser mais ou menos capturados; estimar o tamanho populacional e verificar se existe variação temporal nesse parâmetro. As estimativas de sobrevivência obtidas para G. microtarsus nesse estudo no Cerrado da Fazenda Campininha no município de Mogi Guaçu em São Paulo variaram entre um mínimo de 0,484 e um máximo de 0,815. A população de G. microtarsus no Cerrado da Fazenda Campininha se comporta do ponto de vista demográfico como semalpara parcial. O tamanho populacional de G. microtarsus na área de cerrado da Fazenda Campininha mostrou-se mais elevado estatisticamente nos meses de maior pluviosidade. As estimativas nesses meses, novembro, dezembro (2005), janeiro e março (2006), variaram de 20 a 30. As estimativas nos meses de dezembro (2005) e janeiro (2006) foram as mais altas com 24 e 31, respectivamente. Nossos dados para o maior tamanho populacional estimado para os meses mais quentes descritos no trabalho, sugerem uma forte influência da estação quente e úmida, onde a oferta de alimentos, principalmente insetos, é maior na região de estudo e é aquela que parece melhor favorecer a reprodução e o desenvolvimento de filhotes da cuíca G. microtarsus<br>Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate aspects of the population ecology of Gracilinanus microtarsus. Specifically, the primary objectives were to estimate the probability of survival and to assess the behavior of the population of G. microtarsus from the Cerrado de Mogi Guaçu in the state of São Paulo with respect the semelparity-iteroparity continuum; to estimate probabilities of capture and recapture; and to estimate population size and temporal variation in this parameter. Estimates of survival varied between 0.484 and 0.815. The population of G. microtarsus in the Cerrado de Mogi Guaçu behaves as partial semelparous. Population size was higher in the months of higher pluviosity<br>Mestrado<br>Biodiversidade Animal<br>Mestre em Biologia Animal
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Zabaras, Regina, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and of Science Food and Horticulture School. "The evolution of semiochemicals in Australian marsupials." THESIS_CSTE_SFH_Zabaras_R.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/759.
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The aim of this project was to study the nature and relative proportion of the volatile components in the sternal-gland secretions obtained from a wide range of Australian marsupials.The results obtained were then used to investigate the evolution of semiochemicals in Australian marsupials by using the current phylogenetic tree as a template.The initial part of the study was dedicated to the investigation of some of the techniques available for the sampling and analysis of gland secretions. Individuals from 8 families within the Marsupialia and 1 family from the Monotremata were sampled over an 18 month period.The obtained results were then subjected to multivariate statistical analysis followed by cladistic analysis.In several species the secretion composition was found to be affected by the breeding status of individuals for both genders.Many other factors such as animal-age, hierarchical status, diet,and lifestyle were also observed to affect the secretion composition. Finally, cladistic analysis demonstrated the differences in the levels of divergence at the species, familial and ordinal levels and highlighted secretion components that could be used to differentiate between super families, species and even sexual status of individuals.<br>Master of Science (Hons)
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Uribe, Lina Cristina Vásquez. "Use of silvicultural landscapes by small mammals in the state of São Paulo, Brazil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-26072018-140321/.
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Studies in agricultural landscapes have shown that anthropogenic environments may be relevant to wildlife species. Given the extent of these areas efficient research methods are needed to assess its ecological value in terms of local diversity, such as the use of biological indicators. The main goal here was to evaluate the possible relationship between the native vegetation biomass and diversity of small mammals in a silvicultural landscape of São Paulo. The study was developed at Fazenda Três Lagoas, which is part of the \"Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade\" (PPBio), at Angatuba municipality, State of São Paulo, and lasted nine months. From May 2015 to March 2016 nine sampling campaigns were carried over a grid of 15 pitfall traps, five in Eucalyptus plantations, five in native vegetation and five in abandoned pastures. In the Chapter 1 the distribution and abundance patterns of small mammals on a silvicultural landcape during the early second cycle of Eucalyptus plantation in Southeastern Brazil was evaluated. A total of 672 individuals from 15 species of the orders Rodentia (9 spp.) and Didelphimorphia (6 spp.) were captured and five new species were detected in the study area in comparison to the first cycle. Although these species are predominantly generalists, there were differences in the abundance of small mammals in the three environments. The presence of native vegetation patches associated with riparian areas and abandoned pastures and the role of small mammals as a food resource for predators on a trophic structure, gives a certain conservation value to silvicultural landscapes in southeastern Brazil. In the Chapter 2 the relationship between landscape metrics and patterns of diversity, distribution and abundance of small mammals in a silvicultural landscape were evaluated. The species richness and family diversity of small mammals have been predominantly determined by the percentage of native vegetation. However, the abundance of small mammals can be determined by an indirect estimate of the native vegetation biomass (i.e., NDVI), which can be considered a 3D landscape metric as it is related to volume. Therefore, to succeed in assessing the value of agricultural landscape, future studies should consider landscape context, as well as the landscape metrics associated with geospatial data analysis and the distinct responses of species.<br>Estudos em paisagens agrícolas têm mostrado que ambientes antrópicos podem ser relevantes para muitas espécies selvagens. Dada a extensão destas áreas, são necessários métodos eficientes de pesquisa para avaliar seu valor ecológico em termos de diversidade local, tais como o uso de indicadores biológicos. O presente estudo teve como objetivo geral avaliar a possível relação entre a biomassa de vegetação nativa e a diversidade de mamíferos de pequeno porte em uma paisagem silvicultural do estado de São Paulo. O estudo foi desenvolvido na Fazenda Três Lagoas, que é parte do Núcleo Angatuba do Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade (PPBio), no município de Angatuba, Estado de São Paulo e teve a duração de nove meses. De maio de 2015 a março de 2016, foram realizadas campanhas mensais de amostragem em uma grade amostral com 15 conjuntos de armadilhas de interceptação e queda (pitfall), sendo cinco nas plantações de Eucalyptus spp., cinco em vegetação nativa e cinco em pasto abandonado. No Capítulo 1 foram avaliados os padrões de distribuição e abundância de pequenos mamíferos em uma paisagem silvicultural ao início do segundo ciclo de plantações de Eucalyptus no Sudeste do Brasil. Um total de 672 indivíduos de 15 espécies das ordens Rodentia (9 spp.) e Didelphimorphia (6 spp.) foram capturados e cinco novas espécies foram detectadas na área de estudo em relação ao primeiro ciclo. Embora as espécies presentes sejam predominantemente generalistas, houve diferença na abundância de pequenos mamíferos nos três ambientes. A presença de fragmentos de vegetação nativa associados a áreas ripícolas e pasto abandonado e o papel dos pequenos mamíferos como recurso alimentar para predadores em uma estrutura trófica, atribui um valor de conservação às paisagens silviculturais no sudeste do Brasil. No Capítulo 2, o objetivo foi avaliar a relação entre métricas da paisagem e padrões de diversidade, distribuição e abundância de pequenos mamíferos em uma paisagem silvícultural. A riqueza de espécies e a diversidade de famílias dos pequenos mamíferos tem sido predominantemente determinada pela área porcentual de vegetação nativa. No entanto, a abundância de pequenos mamíferos pode ser determinada por uma estimativa indireta da biomassa da vegetação nativa (e.g., NDVI), que pode ser considerada uma métrica de paisagem 3D, pois está relacionada ao volume. Portanto, para ter sucesso na avaliação do valor da paisagem agrícola, os estudos futuros devem considerar o contexto da paisagem, bem como as métricas da paisagem associadas à análise dos dados geoespaciais e as distintas respostas das espécies.
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uk, rebecca vaughan@ioz ac, and Rebecca Jane Vaughan. "Health and disease status of Australia's most critically endangered mammal the Gilbert's potoroo(Potorous gilbertii)." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20100423.124817.
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The Gilberts potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) is a small marsupial endemic to the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve in the south-west of Western Australia. The Gilberts potoroo is classified as Australias most critically endangered mammal (IUCN 2006) with an estimated population of only 35 individuals. This thesis examines the health and disease status of the Gilberts potoroo, presenting a strong case for the relatively new concept of disease as a potential threatening factor and modifier of population decline.
Specific diseases, including Cryptococcus, ectoparasitism, endoparasitism, haemoparasitism, Toxoplasma and a novel Treponema organism are extensively studied. An assessment of the clinical significance of these diseases is made, and management strategies are recommended to minimise the impact of these diseases on both the wild and captive population.
The novel Treponema organism which clinically presents with tenacious, green discharge and an associated balanoposthitis in males is molecularly characterized. Epidemiological studies show the effects of this agent on reproductive function and a penicillin-based treatment regime is trialled in the analogous long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) with a recommendation to then trial this treatment regime in the critically endangered Gilberts potoroo.
Standard haematological and urinalysis findings are tabulated to form reference ranges for this species. A treatment regime for Cryptococcus in the analogous long-nosed potoroo is reported and parasitological findings, including the identification of a novel tick species are discussed.
This thesis addresses key health issues, which have subsequently been incorporated into the Recovery Plan of the Gilberts potoroo. A document encompassing multiple disciplines and expertise to support the recovery of this critically endangered marsupial in its current environment. In addition, this thesis outlines a recommended health monitoring and treatment protocol for future translocation procedures and provides a working example of the emerging importance of health monitoring in threatened species recovery programs.
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Engelman, Russell K. "New Specimens of Sparassodonta (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Chile and Bolivia." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1536337238964166.
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Souza, Cíntia Povill de. "Análises filogenéticas e Biogeográficas em Thylamys (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia)." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FIOCRUZ, 2015. https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/13992.
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Previous issue date: 2015<br>Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil<br>Thylamys é um gênero de marsupial sulamericano que a taxonomia ainda não esta bem estabelecida, e o número de espécies reconhecidas variam de nove a 13, segundo diferentes autores. Pelo menos três espécies ocorrem no Brasil, Thylamys karimii no Cerrado e Caatinga, T.velutinus no Cerrado e áreas de transição, e T.macrurus no Cerrado. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo analisar características morfológicas diagnósticas paras identificar T. karimii, T. macrurus e T. pusillus, realizar análises filogenéticas e biogeográficas com o marcador mitocondrial Citocromo b e filogenéticas com o marcador nuclear éxon 28 do fator de von Willebrand. Foram montados cariótipos de T. karimii e T. venustus, que foram comparados com os cariótipos conhecidos para as espécies de Thylamys. Este estudo mostrou que T.karimii, T.macrurus e T.pusillus possuem caracteristicas morfológicas diagnósticas como: bula e forame palatal postero-lateral grandes em T. karimii e pequenos em T.macrurus e T.pusillus; fenestra palatina pequena em T.karimii e robusta em T.macrurus e T.pusillus; canal da carótida mais aberto na vista ventral em T.karimii, e menos aberto em T.macrurus e T.pusillus; cauda longa em T.macrurus e T.pusillus, e cauda curta em T. karimii; garras que ultrapassam o limite das pontas dos dedos em T. karimii, e não ultrapassam nas outras duas espécies
O cariótipo de T.karimii e T.venustus é 2n=14 e NF=20. O 2n é similar em todas as espécies, mas o número fundamental dos cariótipos publicados para T. elegans, T.pusillus e T. velutinus diferem devido à interpretação da morfologia dos cromossomos. A morfologia do cromossomo sexual X também pode variar entre as diferentes espécies. As análises de Máxima Verossimilhança e Inferência Bayesiana mostram T. karimii e T. velutinus em um clado à parte do restante das espécies. A análise de datação mostrou duas radições quase concomitantes, uma com T. karimii e T. velutinus no Cerrado e Caatinga, e a outra com o restante das espécies. Essas radiações concomitantes podem ter ocorrido no Mioceno Médio, quando houve a formação de mares epicontinetais formados após introgressão marinha e esses mares podem ter influenciado a dispersão de indivíduos do gênero Thylamys<br>Thylamys is a marsupial genus without a well stablished taxonomy, with the number of recognized species varying from nine to 13 by different authors. Three of these species occur in Brazil, T. karimii in the Cerrado and Caatinga, T.velutinus in the Cerrado and transition areas, and T. macrurus in the Cerrado. Thylamys karimii, T. macrurus, and T. pusillus have diagnostic features for identification, such as bull and palatal posterior-lateral foramen large in T. karimii and smaller in T. macrurus and T. pusillus; small palatine fenestra in T. karimii and more robust in T. macrurus and T. pusillus; carotid duct more open in ventral view in T. karimii, in T. macrurus and T. pusillus is less open; the last species, the tail is longer than the tail T. karimii, shorter; T. karimii has claws that go beyond the limit of the fingertips and in the other two species do not exceed. The karyotype of T. karimii and T. venustus is 2n = 14 and NF = 20. The 2n is similar to all other Thylamys species, whereas variation in fundamental autosome number in T. elegans, T.pusillus and T. velutinus are due to different interpretation of chromosome morphology. The morphology of sexual chromosome X can also vary between differents species. Phylogenetic analyzes of maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference with Citochrome b gene showed the clade T. karimii and T. velutinus in Cerrado and Caatinga separated of all other species. The analyses with exon 28 of von Willebrand factor were less informative due to lower sample size. The date showed two radiations, one with T. karimii in Cerrado and Caatinga, and another with the remaining species. These radiations can be occur in Miocene when there was introgresion marine and the formation of epicontinental sea that can be influenced dispersion of Thylamys specimens.<br>2016-10-06
Books on the topic "Mammal - marsupials"
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Hume, Ian D., Patricia Armati, and C. R. Dickman. Marsupials. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh. Reproductive physiology of marsupials. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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1954-, Cockburn Andrew, ed. Evolutionary ecology of marsupials. Cambridge University Press, 1985.
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Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Mammals of the world. 5th ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
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Hice, Christine L. The non-volant mammals of the Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Loreto, Peru. Museum of Texas Tech University, 2012.
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Cifelli, Richard L. "Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian Grade and the Origin of Marsupials." In Mammal Phylogeny. Springer New York, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1_14.
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Maier, Wolfgang. "Cranial Morphology of the Therian Common Ancestor, as Suggested by the Adaptations of Neonate Marsupials." In Mammal Phylogeny. Springer New York, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1_12.
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Mate, K. E., M. S. Harris, and J. C. Rodger. "Fertilization in Monotreme, Marsupial and Eutherian Mammals." In Fertilization in Protozoa and Metazoan Animals. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58301-8_6.
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Sharp, Julie A., Christophe Lefevre, Joly Kwek, et al. "Marsupial Milk – Identifying Signals for Regulating Mammary Function and Development of the Young." In Marsupial Genetics and Genomics. Springer Netherlands, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9023-2_15.
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Schneider, Nanette Y., Geoff Shaw, and Marilyn B. Renfree. "The Role of Olfaction at Birth in Marsupial and Monotreme Mammals." In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12. Springer New York, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5927-9_7.
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Hayward, Matthew W. "Perspectives on Fencing for Conservation Based on Four Case Studies: Marsupial Conservation in Australian Forests; Bushmeat Hunting in South Africa; Large Predator Reintroduction in South Africa; and Large Mammal Conservation in Poland." In Fencing for Conservation. Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0902-1_2.
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Kemp, T. S. "1. What is a mammal?" In Mammals: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198766940.003.0001.
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‘What is a mammal?’ considers the diverse range of animals of varying forms, lifestyles, and habitats that make up the Class Mammalia. Despite the diversity, these animals share key characteristics: they have a single bone in the lower jaw; three little, sound-conducting ear bones; a very large forebrain; a permanently warm body and a high energy-expenditure level; and females have mammary glands for feeding milk to their young. The c.5,500 species of mammals alive today fall into three very unequal groups: the monotremes found in Australasia; the marsupials found in Australasia and South America; and the placentals, of which there are 5,000 species classified into twenty Orders.
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Kemp, T. S. "Living and fossil marsupials." In The Origin and Evolution of Mammals. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198507604.003.0009.
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There are about 265 living species of marsupial mammals, the majority in Australasia, about 60 in South America, and a handful in Central and North America (Macdonald 2001). They are distinguishable from the placental mammals by many characters, but most profoundly by their mode of reproduction. Compared to the placentals, there is only a relatively brief intrauterine period, during which the embryo exchanges nutrients and gases with the mother via a simple, non-invasive yolk sac placenta. There is no development of the complex, highly invasive chorio-allantoic placenta found in the placentals with the partial exception of the bandicoots in which there is a small, short-lived, but true chorio-allantoic placenta. The marsupial neonate is born at a very immature stage, and most of the total maternal provision comes via lactation. In the majority of cases the young are carried in a pouch, although there are exceptions to this. Whether pouched or not, the young attach themselves continuously to the teat for an extended period of time. There has been much discussion about whether the marsupial mode of reproduction is ancestral to that of the placental mammals, or whether it represents an independent, parallel acquisition of viviparity. Lillegraven (1979), Lillegraven et al. (1987), and Szalay (1994), for example, regarded the marsupial mode as primitive and inefficient compared to the placental mode, and that it was failure of the marsupials to evolve a mechanism to prevent immunological rejection of the embryo by the mother that prevented any extension of the gestation period. Placentals, they argued, solved the problem by evolving the trophoblast layer of embryonic cells that performs the function of preventing the maternal antibodies from damaging the embryo. Conversely, several authors such as Parker (1977) have argued that the marsupial mode is an alternative, but equally well-adapted strategy of reproduction to that of placentals. It is one of low investment but low risk, and is therefore suitable for a more unpredictable environment. Tyndale-Biscoe and Renfree (1987) suggested that primitive marsupials and placentals had quite similar reproduction, with relatively immature neonates and a relatively long lactation period. Subsequent specialisation in the two groups went in different directions.
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"Marsupials." In Britain's Mammals. Princeton University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400866038-018.
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"Marsupials." In Britain's Mammals Updated Edition. Princeton University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1htpdzf.20.
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Scholtz, Elinor, and Larisa R. G. DeSantis. "USING SPACE FOR TIME SUBSTITUTIONS AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN FOSSIL AND MODERN SPECIMENS TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN ARRIVAL ON MARSUPIAL MAMMALS." In 67th Annual Southeastern GSA Section Meeting - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018se-312215.
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