Plains Vizcachas: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent

by: Luciano Luis Rasia (Editor),Claudio Gustavo Barbeito(Editor),Francisco Acuña(Editor)&0more

Publisher: Springer
Edition: 2024th

Publication Date: 30 Mar. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 400 pages

ISBN-10: 3031494865

ISBN-13: 9783031494864

Book Description

The plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a remarkable rodent of the Neotropic given several peculiar aspects of its biology, some of them quite unique among rodents or even among mammals. This book gathers specialists studying plains vizcachas from very different approaches, including paleontology, systematics, morphology, physiology, development and conservation. It is divided in two Parts, 1) Evolutionary History, and 2) Morphology, Development and Physiology. It will surely be a required reading for any researcher working with caviomorph rodents, mastozoology of the Neotropics or inteal anatomy and physiology of mammals.