Parasites Circulating in Wild Synanthropic Capybaras (<i>Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris</i>): A One Health Approach by Manuel Uribe, Carlos Hermosilla, Arlex Rodríguez-Durán, Juan Vélez, Sara López-Osorio, Jenny J. Chaparro-Gutiérrez, Jesús A. Cortés-Vecino

“…The present findings collectively constitute baseline data for future monitoring of wildlife-derived anthropozoonotic parasites and call for future research on the health and the ecological impact of this largest semiaquatic rodent closely linked to humans, domestic and wild animals.…”
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Wildland Weeds: Paragrass, Urochloa mutica by L. T. Markle, Brent A. Sellers, William A. Overholt

“…Paragrass (also referred to as Californiagrass) is thought to have been introduced into Florida sometime in the late 1870s as a forage plant. The semiaquatic grass is a native of tropical Africa, and today it is established in both hemispheres in tropical and subtropical regions as a highly palatable fodder. …”
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Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment by Yanina Herrera, Juan Martín Leardi, Marta S. Fernández

“…Teleosaurids were found in shallow marine, brackish and freshwater deposits, and have been characterized as semiaquatic near-shore forms, whereas metriorhynchids are a lineage of fully pelagic forms, supported by a large set of morphological characters of the skull and postcranial anatomy. …”
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RAPD analysis of Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) populations by Almeida Francisca C., Moreira Miguel A.M., Bonvicino Cibele R., Cerqueira Rui

“…Random amplified of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used to assess genetic distance and the genetic structure of populations of Nectomys squamipes, a semiaquatic rodent species distributed along watercourses. …”
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Seasonal distribution of aquatic birds in Estero De San Jose Del Cabo, B.C.S., Mexico by J Guzmán, R Carmona, E Palacios, M Bojórquez

“… In order to determine the seasonal distribution and the importance of each of the species of aquatic and semiaquatic birds in the Estero de San José del Cabo, B.C.S. …”
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Amblyomma sculptum ticks on a giant otter from the Brazilian Pantanal by Grazielle Soresini, Nathalie Foerster, Fernando Paiva, Guilherme Mourão, Caroline Leuchtenberger

“…Abstract The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a semiaquatic carnivore and a top predator in the trophic chain, considered a sentinel of freshwater ecosystems. …”
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Aquatic Insects and their Potential to Contribute to the Diet of the Globally Expanding Human Population by D. Dudley Williams, Siân S. Williams

“…Of the 30 extant orders of true insect, 12 are considered to be aquatic, or semiaquatic, in either some or all of their life stages. …”
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Status of Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Rodentia: Hydrochaeridae) and Potential for Establishment in Florida by Brandon Parker, C. Jane Anderson, Christina M. Romagosa, Samantha M. Wisely, Daniel Pearson, John Seyjagat, Katherine Ashley Sayler

“…Jane Anderson, Christina Romagosa, Samantha Wisely, Daniel Pearson, John Seyjagat, and Katherine Ashley Sayler and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation describes capybaras, explains how they got to Florida, and shows where the semiaquatic, herbivorous rodents have been sighted so far. …”
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Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. (Gramineae), a new adventive species in the flora of Serbia by Perić R., Panjković Biljana, Škondrić S., Stojšić Vida

“…The plant grows in transitional zones between disturbed damp mesotrophic grassland vegetation and semiaquatic communities belonging to the alliance Bolboschoenion maritimi continentale Soó. …”
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OSSES USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WOODEN HOUSES OF THE KIZHI MUSEUM AND ITS BUFFER ZONE (REPUBLIC OF KARELIA) by Margarita Boychuk, Roman Martjanov

“…We found that in the past, wooden houses in this area were more commonly heat-insulated using semiaquatic mosses rather than forest-mire moss-es (Polytrichum commune, species of the genus Sphagnum). …”
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Can you hear me now? A comparative survey of pinniped auditory apparatus morphology by Lindsey Koper, Irina Koretsky, Sulman Rahmat

“…This initial assessment will detail the limited information in prior research on the hearing adaptations for transitional semiaquatic carnivores. This review will establish the adaptive patterns (from land to sea) in the basicranial morphology of early pinnipeds, especially in phocids.…”
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The genus Inversotyphlus Strasser, 1962, stat. nov. and Inversotyphlus ammirandus sp. nov., a new bizarre, highly modified troglobiotic millipede (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae) from... by Dragan Antić, Nesrine Akkari

“…This species is characterized by a highly modified head and body for a presumably semiaquatic or hygropetric life and filtering diet. …”
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Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) by Alessandro Palci, Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael W. Caldwell, John D. Scanlon, Michael S. Y. Lee

“…The inner ear of Yurlunggur most closely resembles both that of certain semiaquatic snakes and that of some semifossorial snakes. …”
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Further desmostylian remains from the upper Oligocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada by BRIAN LEE BEATTY

“…The North Pacific rim was home to an extinct group of semiaquatic marine mammals, the order Desmostylia, which superficially resembled hippos. …”
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First mitochondrial genome of the Amazonian marsh rat Holochilus sciureus Wagner 1842 (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) by Susette Castañeda-Rico, Jesús E. Maldonado, Robert C. Dowler, Cody W. Edwards

“…The Amazonian marsh rat, Holochilus sciureus, is a member of the subfamily Sigmodontinae, the second-largest subfamily of muroid rodents, with 410 species and ca. 84 genera in 12 tribes. This semiaquatic rodent is distributed in South America and is of great economic and epidemiological importance. …”
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Desiccation resistance of Chironomid larvae by Jan Frouz, Josef Matěna

“…Resistance to desiccation in larvae of eight species of aquatic, semiaquatic and terrestrial chironomids (Pseudodiamesa branickii, Macropelopia sp., Prodiamesa olivacea, Micropsectra sp., Chironomus riparius, Chironomus dorsalis, Metriocnemus martini and Camptocladius stercorarius) was studied. …”
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The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows by María Celeste Franceschini, María Laura De Wysiecki, Alicia Poi de Neiff, María Eugenia Galassi, Fedra Solange Martínez

“…Cornops aquaticum is a widely distributed semiaquatic grasshopper in the Neotropics. The development, feeding and oviposition of C. aquaticum take place on Pontederiaceae, especially on species of Eichhornia. …”
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Morphological Correlates of Locomotion in the Aquatic and the Terrestrial Phases of <i>Pleurodeles waltl</i> Newts from Southwestern Iberia by Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho

“…In this article, I studied the relationships between morphological traits and locomotor performance in male and female semiaquatic <i>Pleurodeles waltl</i> newts in their aquatic and their terrestrial stages. …”
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Multiple factors influence claw characteristics in oribatid mites (Acari) by Michaela Kerschbaumer, Tobias Pfingstl

“…Littoral mites exhibit notably larger claws compared to terrestrial counterparts, with aquatic and semiaquatic species presenting intermediate traits. …”
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Population structure and gene flow of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in northern Argentina. by Evan McCartney-Melstad, Tomás Waller, Patricio A Micucci, Mariano Barros, Juan Draque, George Amato, Martin Mendez

“…Yellow anacondas (Eunectes notaeus) are large, semiaquatic boid snakes found in wetland systems in South America. …”
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