Small Mammal Specialist Group
@iucn-small-mammals.bsky.social
Science and conservation for the world’s 3200+ small mammal species 🐿️🐀🦔🐭
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A hint on the unknown diversity of eastern Andes: high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding: Systematics and Biodiversity: Vol 22 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A hint on the unknown diversity of eastern Andes: high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding
The eastern Andean slopes harbours a diverse fauna with multiple endemic and endangered species. The region is identified as a biodiversity hotspot with high conservation priority. However, it rema...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A hint on the unknown diversity of eastern Andes: high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding: Systematics and Biodiversity: Vol 22 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Pavan 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2024) look at mammalian diversity in the eastern Andean slopes, a biodiversity hotspot with high conservation priority, with high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding. Read the full study here: buff.ly/GLwWblD #Didelphimorphia #Peru #Rodentia #Yungas
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Pavan 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2024) look at mammalian diversity in the eastern Andean slopes, a biodiversity hotspot with high conservation priority, with high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding. Read the full study here: buff.ly/GLwWblD #Didelphimorphia #Peru #Rodentia #Yungas
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🚨Caribbean mammal PhD opportunity🚨
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
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🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_39 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨Caribbean mammal PhD opportunity🚨
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
🧪🌿Reconstructing the trophic ecology of Caribbean mammals: new baselines to understand island evolution, extinction & conservation🐀🌴
@uor-research.bsky.social, @zslofficial.bsky.social, @nhm.org, and with me at Durrell!
blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Museomics and new topotypes resolve the taxonomy and nomenclature of a widespread Patagonian Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae): academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
Museomics and new topotypes resolve the taxonomy and nomenclature of a widespread Patagonian Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae)
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November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Museomics and new topotypes resolve the taxonomy and nomenclature of a widespread Patagonian Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae): academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species
Abstract. The zokor genus Eospalax includes seven recognized species, distributed from the south-western Hengduan Mountains to the north-eastern Loess Plat
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November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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"DNA metabarcoding uncovers woodrats' selective approach to eating toxic plants"
"Woodrats are remarkable in their ability to eat truly awful, toxic plants...If there are no other options, woodrats can consume plants like creosote bush, mesquite and juniper...."
phys.org/news/2025-09...
"Woodrats are remarkable in their ability to eat truly awful, toxic plants...If there are no other options, woodrats can consume plants like creosote bush, mesquite and juniper...."
phys.org/news/2025-09...
DNA metabarcoding uncovers woodrats' selective approach to eating toxic plants
It's not easy eating green. Most plants are heavily defended with chemicals to deter plant eaters. For these herbivores, getting enough to eat, while minimizing exposure to toxins, is a persistent cha...
phys.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"DNA metabarcoding uncovers woodrats' selective approach to eating toxic plants"
"Woodrats are remarkable in their ability to eat truly awful, toxic plants...If there are no other options, woodrats can consume plants like creosote bush, mesquite and juniper...."
phys.org/news/2025-09...
"Woodrats are remarkable in their ability to eat truly awful, toxic plants...If there are no other options, woodrats can consume plants like creosote bush, mesquite and juniper...."
phys.org/news/2025-09...
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#RodentOfTheDay Darwin's Leaf-Eared Mouse (Phyllotis darwini)
"Acquiring their name from the famed biologist himself, Charles Darwin studied this species during his research expedition aboard the Beagle that took place from 1831-1836."
#MouseMonday
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"Acquiring their name from the famed biologist himself, Charles Darwin studied this species during his research expedition aboard the Beagle that took place from 1831-1836."
#MouseMonday
Photo/info: www.oneearth.org/species-of-t...
Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse: helping plants grow in the desert | One Earth
Surviving in the driest place on earth, Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse finds water in the scarce vegetation.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#RodentOfTheDay Darwin's Leaf-Eared Mouse (Phyllotis darwini)
"Acquiring their name from the famed biologist himself, Charles Darwin studied this species during his research expedition aboard the Beagle that took place from 1831-1836."
#MouseMonday
Photo/info: www.oneearth.org/species-of-t...
"Acquiring their name from the famed biologist himself, Charles Darwin studied this species during his research expedition aboard the Beagle that took place from 1831-1836."
#MouseMonday
Photo/info: www.oneearth.org/species-of-t...
Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa)
doi.org/10.5252/zoos...
doi.org/10.5252/zoos...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa)
doi.org/10.5252/zoos...
doi.org/10.5252/zoos...
Microgeographic genomic variation and connectivity in an endangered semiaquatic mammal
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Microgeographic genomic variation and connectivity in an endangered semiaquatic mammal - BMC Ecology and Evolution
The Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus), a semiaquatic mammal endemic to southwestern Europe, is listed as Endangered by the IUCN due to substantial range and population decline in recent years, with ...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Microgeographic genomic variation and connectivity in an endangered semiaquatic mammal
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Our new @nature.com shows that energy flows mediated by mammals and birds across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by >30% unevenly across functional groups, with major consequences ecosystem functions
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October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our new @nature.com shows that energy flows mediated by mammals and birds across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by >30% unevenly across functional groups, with major consequences ecosystem functions
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
shorturl.at/AD0Yb
Optimizing Field Taxonomy: Development of a Field-Adapted Identification Key to the Rodents of an Afromontane Tropical Rainforest
doi.org/10.30564/re....
doi.org/10.30564/re....
Optimizing Field Taxonomy: Development of a Field-Adapted Identification Key to the Rodents of an Afromontane Tropical Rainforest
| Research in Ecology
Optimizing Field Taxonomy: Development of a Field-Adapted Identification Key to the Rodents of an Afromontane Tropical Rainforest
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October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Optimizing Field Taxonomy: Development of a Field-Adapted Identification Key to the Rodents of an Afromontane Tropical Rainforest
doi.org/10.30564/re....
doi.org/10.30564/re....
Conservation in the Anthropocene: Using Genetics to Understand the Past and Manage for the Future of the Threatened Stephens' Kangaroo Rat
doi.org/10.1111/eva....
doi.org/10.1111/eva....
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Conservation in the Anthropocene: Using Genetics to Understand the Past and Manage for the Future of the Threatened Stephens' Kangaroo Rat
doi.org/10.1111/eva....
doi.org/10.1111/eva....
Which global circulation model works best for my region? Concordance with genetic data for a Neotropical shrew nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Which global circulation model works best for my region? Concordance with genetic data for a Neotropical shrew
Copious questions in global change biology require estimates of climatic suitability for species in the past or future, often via transfers of ecological niche models (ENMs) using outputs from global...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Which global circulation model works best for my region? Concordance with genetic data for a Neotropical shrew nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Biodiversity conservation depends on the expansion of taxonomy and systematics research academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
Biodiversity conservation depends on the expansion of taxonomy and systematics research
Abstract. Despite mammals constituting fewer than 0.3% of all described species, their conservation is compelling for a number of reasons. They contribute
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Biodiversity conservation depends on the expansion of taxonomy and systematics research academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...
New records and potential distribution of the Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) in arid ecosystems of Western Algeria
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
New records and potential distribution of the Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) in arid ecosystems of Western Algeria
This study aimed to investigate the species distribution of the Barbary ground squirrel within Tindouf Cultural Park, an arid region where no prior occurrence records for this species existed. Additio...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New records and potential distribution of the Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) in arid ecosystems of Western Algeria
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Ecology and Population Structure of Two Sympatric Rodents in a Neotropical Forest of Southeastern Brazil
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www.mdpi.com/3553348
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October 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ecology and Population Structure of Two Sympatric Rodents in a Neotropical Forest of Southeastern Brazil
www.mdpi.com/3553348
www.mdpi.com/3553348
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#RodentOfTheDay Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
"The field vole’s diet is dominated by the leaves and stems of grasses, but it has also been recorded eating moss."
Squee alert!
Ph/Inf: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
"The field vole’s diet is dominated by the leaves and stems of grasses, but it has also been recorded eating moss."
Squee alert!
Ph/Inf: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) - Woodland Trust
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#RodentOfTheDay Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
"The field vole’s diet is dominated by the leaves and stems of grasses, but it has also been recorded eating moss."
Squee alert!
Ph/Inf: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
"The field vole’s diet is dominated by the leaves and stems of grasses, but it has also been recorded eating moss."
Squee alert!
Ph/Inf: www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-...
CLP applications now open! Funding awarded to teams of 3 or more early career conservationists to do scientific research, encourage & promote pro-conservation attitudes & deliver tangible results to better conserve & manage the natural world. www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
Team Awards - Conservation Leadership Programme
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October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
CLP applications now open! Funding awarded to teams of 3 or more early career conservationists to do scientific research, encourage & promote pro-conservation attitudes & deliver tangible results to better conserve & manage the natural world. www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru
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Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru
| Zootaxa
mapress.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru
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mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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Are there more cloudrunner rats to find? It looks likely.... Cloudrunners and Other Cloud Rats of the Philippines, a #TetZoo article from 2020 on a very special group of #rodents ... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/...
Cloudrunners and Other Cloud Rats of the Philippines — Tetrapod Zoology
rats, rat, Muridae, murids, rodents, Rodentia, mammalogy, Philippines, mammals of the Philippines, Philippine rodents, Philippine mammals, Philippines mammals, Crateromys, cloudrunner, cloudrunners, c...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Are there more cloudrunner rats to find? It looks likely.... Cloudrunners and Other Cloud Rats of the Philippines, a #TetZoo article from 2020 on a very special group of #rodents ... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/6/...
Species delimitation within a taxonomically complex group: An example from the genus Apodemus
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Species delimitation within a taxonomically complex group: An example from the genus Apodemus
Species delimitation based on genetic data plays a critical role in taxonomy research, particularly for resolving taxonomically complex groups and det…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Species delimitation within a taxonomically complex group: An example from the genus Apodemus
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'Understanding how wildlife is marketed and consumed online is crucial to keep pace with these changes.'
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat ⬇️
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat ⬇️
TikTok’s online wild meat sellers – study finds endangered species on offer in west Africa
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Understanding how wildlife is marketed and consumed online is crucial to keep pace with these changes.'
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat ⬇️
Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat ⬇️
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#RodentOfTheDay Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)
"Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii), a State Special Concern mammal, has been found in sand prairies, dry to dry-mesic prairies, surrogate grasslands, and barrens."
Photo/Info: dnr.wi.gov/topic/Endang...
"Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii), a State Special Concern mammal, has been found in sand prairies, dry to dry-mesic prairies, surrogate grasslands, and barrens."
Photo/Info: dnr.wi.gov/topic/Endang...
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#RodentOfTheDay Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)
"Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii), a State Special Concern mammal, has been found in sand prairies, dry to dry-mesic prairies, surrogate grasslands, and barrens."
Photo/Info: dnr.wi.gov/topic/Endang...
"Prairie Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii), a State Special Concern mammal, has been found in sand prairies, dry to dry-mesic prairies, surrogate grasslands, and barrens."
Photo/Info: dnr.wi.gov/topic/Endang...
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ICYMI : I spent an hour drinking beer and talking about the ecology of deer mice. #micematter #fieldecology #Peromyscus #smammals @ndfieldecology.bsky.social
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The Importance of Deer Mice and their Many Roles in Forest Ecosystems
YouTube video by Trout Lake Station
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October 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ICYMI : I spent an hour drinking beer and talking about the ecology of deer mice. #micematter #fieldecology #Peromyscus #smammals @ndfieldecology.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/CQtx4VP...
www.youtube.com/live/CQtx4VP...
Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam
A new species of fossorial mole (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae, Euroscaptor) is described from Pu Luong Nature Reserve, north-central Vietnam, based on distinct genetic and morphological characteristics. The...
zookeys.pensoft.net
October 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Euroscaptor darwini sp. nov., a new species of mole (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from the north-central mountains in Vietnam zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...