Contributions to the Knowledge of Mammals in Corum Province, Turkey by Burak Akbaba, Ahmet Karatas, Safak Bulut

“…We also expanded the known distribution and confirmed the presence of four rodent species Spermophilus xanthophyrmnus, Microtus dogramaci, Mesocricetus brandti and Meriones tristrami in the province. …”
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Mamíferos silvestres de la Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal de San Ángel en Ciudad Universitaria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. Wild mammals of Reserva Ecoló... by Yolanda Hortelano-Moncada, Fernando A. Cervantes, Aída Trejo-Ortiz

“…Two addtional records have been previously published but have not been included in previous inventories for the reserve: the red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii teliotis and the cuinique, Spermophilus adocetus adocetus. Two species are currently listed under the risk category of threatened, 1 is under special protection, and 7 are endemic to Mexico. …”
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A LATE PLEISTOCENE RODENT FAUNA (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM HADŽI PRODANOVA CAVE NEAR IVANJICA (WESTERN SERBIA) by KATARINA BOGIĆEVIĆ, DRAŽENKO NENADIĆ, STEFAN MILOŠEVIĆ, DUŠAN MIHAILOVIĆ, STEFAN VLASTIĆ, RADULE TOŠOVIĆ

“…In total, 13 species of rodents have been found: Spermophilus cf. citelloides, Sicista subtilis, Mesocricetus newtoni, Arvicola cf. terrestris, Chionomys nivalis, Microtus arvalis/agrestis, Microtus subterraneus, Clethrionomys glareolus, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus cf. uralensis, Spalax sp., Muscardinus avellanarius. …”
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Ecological and faunal research of mammals in the Natural Reserve «Mykhailivska Tsilyna» (Sumy Region) by Igor Merzlikin

“…Some steppe species (Crocidura suaveolens, Spermophilus suslicus, Allactaga major, Cricetulus migratorius) are now extinct from the Mykhailivska Tsilyna territory. …”
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Diversity of the Rodents of Northeastern Iran by J. Darvish, R. Siahsarvie, O. Mirshamsi, N. Kayvanfar, N. Hashemi, F. Sadeghi Shakib

“…The specimens belong to 26 different species attributing to 6 families: Scuridae (Spermophilus fulvus), Cricetidae (Microtus transcaspicus, Microtus paradoxus, Blanfordimys afghanus, Chionomys nivalis, Ellobius talpinus, Ellobius fuscocapillus, Cricetulus migratorius), Calomyscidae (Calomyscus sp. …”
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Detection of spatial avoidance between sousliks and moles by combining field observations, remote sensing and deep learning techniques by Rafał Łopucki, Daniel Klich, Piotr Kociuba

“…In this work, by combining a field study, analysis of high-resolution aerial images, and machine learning techniques, we investigated the interspecies relationships of two small burrowing mammals: the spotted souslik Spermophilus suslicus and the European mole Talpa europaea. …”
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Entrophogenic Impact on Habitats from Natural Park Lunca Muresului by Codruta Suciu, I. Petroman, Cornelia Petroman, Diana Marin

“…In Lunca Mures Park one of the species of animals of Community interest witch is directly affected by the intensive grazing is Spermophilus citellus gopher although the conservation status of this in the protected area regarding the number of individuals is favorable, in terms of habitat of the species, the conservation status is unfavorable.…”
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The Palaeoenvironment Of the Central Russian Plain During the End Of the Valdai Glaciation Based on Small Mammal Data From the Late Palaeolithic Site Byki 7 (Seim R. Basin) by Anastasia K. Markova, Andrey Yu. Puzachenko

“…Steppe species definitely prevail and include Ochotona pusilla, Marmota bobac, Spermophilus sp., Spalax microphthalmus, Ellobius talpinus, Lagurus lagurus and Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregalis. …”
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Relationship of the Representatives of Eight Genera of Siphonaptera Order and Yersinia Pestis from Tuva Natural Plague Focus by L. P. Bazanova, A. Yu. Nikitin

“…The highest level of block formation was observed in Citellophilus tesquorum altaicus, Frontopsylla elatoides, Neopsylla mana, Oropsylla alaskensis, Rhadinopsylla li transbaicalica – parasites of the basic carrier (Spermophilus undulates). Formation of «conglomerates» was more often revealed in F. hetera, Paradoxopsyllus scalonae, P. scorodumovi, P. dashidorzhii, Amphipsylla primaris – ectoparasites of the minor carriers (Ochotona pallasi, Alticola strelzovi). …”
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Data from camera surveys identifying co-occurrence and occupancy linkages between fishers (Pekania pennanti), rodent prey, mesocarnivores, and larger predators in mixed-conifer for... by Rick A. Sweitzer, Brett J. Furnas

“…Coyote [Canis latrans], mountain lion [Puma concolor], 5 mesocarnivores in the same foraging guild as fishers (gray fox [Urocyon cinereoargenteus]) ringtail [Bassariscus astutus], marten [Martes americana], striped skunk [Mephitis mephitis] spotted skunk [Spilogale gracilis], and 5 Sciuridae rodents that fishers consume as prey (Douglas squirrel [Tamiasciurus douglasii]), gray squirrel [Sciurus griseus], northern flying squirrel [Glaucomys sabrinus], long-eared chipmunk [Neotamias quadrimaculatus], California ground squirrel [Spermophilus beecheyi]. We used these data to identify basic patterns of co-occurrence with fishers, and to evaluate the relative importance of presence of competing mesocarnivores, rodent prey, and predators for fisher occupancy of small, 1 km2 grid cells of forest habitat. …”
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LATE PLEISTOCENE RODENTS (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM THE BARANICA CAVE NEAR KNJAZEVAC (EASTERN SERBIA): SYSTEMATICS AND PALAEOECOLOGY by KATARINA BOGICEVIC, DRAZENKO NENADIC, DUSAN MIHAILOVIC, ZORICA LAZAREVIC, JELENA MILIVOJEVIC

“…The remains of 10 rodent species are described herein: Spermophilus cf. citelloides, Castor fiber, Sicista subtilis, Cricetulus migratorius, Cricetus cricetus, Mesocricetus newtoni, Apodemus ex gr. sylvaticus-flavicollis, Spalax leucodon, Dryomys nitedula, and Muscardinus avellanarius. …”
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Implications of hybridization, NUMTs, and overlooked diversity for DNA Barcoding of Eurasian ground squirrels. by Oleg A Ermakov, Evgeniy Simonov, Vadim L Surin, Sergey V Titov, Oleg V Brandler, Natalia V Ivanova, Alex V Borisenko

“…Significant COI divergence (3.5-4.4%) was observed within the most widespread ground squirrel species (Spermophilus erythrogenys, S. pygmaeus, S. suslicus, Urocitellus undulatus), suggesting the presence of cryptic species. …”
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The <i>Yersinia pestis</i> aggregation as a functional adaptation to the flea organism (review) by Lyubov’ P. Bazanova, Aleksey Ya. Nikitin, Elena G. Tokmakova

“…Ectoparasites were infected and fed on long-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus undulatus), which is their natural host and main carrier of plague in Tuva natural plague focus. …”
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Preliminary data on the diet composition and nesting behaviour of the Long&amp;#8209;legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) in south&amp;#8209;western Romania by Alexandru Cătălin Birău, Marian Tudor, Dumitru Murariu, Andreea‑Cătălina Drăghici

“…During the 10 days of monitoring, 34 preys brought to the nest were identified, with a peak of activity between 11:00&amp;ndash;17:00 and a preference for the European Ground Squirrel Spermophilus citellus (61.76%). This was followed by the Domestic Pigeon Columba livia f. domestica and the Common Wood Pigeon C. palumbus (5.88%), and amphibians were represented by the European Green Toad Bufotes viridis (2.94%). …”
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Range of Ixodes laguri, a nidicolous tick that parasitizes critically endangered rodents, with details on its western distribution limit in Austria by Franz Rubel

“…There, I. laguri is specifically associated with its main hosts, the critically endangered European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) and the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus). These two host species have also been mapped in the present paper to estimate the potential distribution of I. laguri in the Vienna metropolitan region. …”
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Increased Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity promotes resistance to excitotoxicity in cortical neurons of the ground squirrel (a Hibernator). by Juan-Juan Zhao, Shan Gao, Jun-Zhan Jing, Ming-Yue Zhu, Chen Zhou, Zhen Chai

“…To understand the anti-stress mechanisms in ground squirrel neurons, we studied glutamate toxicity in primary cultured neurons of the Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus). At the neuronal level, for the first time, we found that ground squirrel was more resistant to glutamate excitotoxicity than rat. …”
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Deterioration of the Gαo vomeronasal pathway in sexually dimorphic mammals. by Rodrigo Suárez, Pedro Fernández-Aburto, Paul R Manger, Jorge Mpodozis

“…To assess whether similar events of Gαo pathway loss could have occurred convergently in dimorphic species we studied G-protein expression in the AOB of two species that independently evolved sexually dimorphic traits: the California ground squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi (Rodentia; Sciurognathi) and the cape hyrax Procavia capensis (Afrotheria; Hyracoidea). …”
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Steppe Eagle in the Republic of Kalmykia (Russia): Results of the 2021 Survey by Anton Aleksandrovich Abushin, Gennady Ilyich Erdnenov

“…The main diet of eagles during the breeding period included the Little Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus pygmaeus) (44%) and several additional prey items. …”
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Characteristics of Entomoparasitic Nematodes of Small Rodent Fleas by G. A. Eroshenko, E. I. Koshel’, A. M. Porshakov, T. V. Knyazeva, Ya. M. Krasnov, T. V. Mokrousova, L. A. Novichkova, L. V. Anisimova

“…Presented are the results of morphological and genetic analysis of entomoparasitic nematodes, flea parasites – Citellophilus tesquorum, Amphipsylla rossica and Ctenophthalmus secundus, collected from the small ground squirrel Spermophilus pygmaeus and social vole Microtus socialis, respectively.Results and conclusions. …”
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Controllable oxidative stress and tissue specificity in major tissues during the torpor–arousal cycle in hibernating Daurian ground squirrels by Yanhong Wei, Jie Zhang, Shenhui Xu, Xin Peng, Xia Yan, Xiaoyu Li, Huiping Wang, Hui Chang, Yunfang Gao

“…We investigated levels of oxidative stress, antioxidant capacity, and the underlying mechanism in heart, liver, brain and kidney tissue as well as plasma during different periods of hibernation in Daurian ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus). Our data showed that the levels of hydrogen peroxide significantly increased in the heart and brain during late torpor (LT) compared with levels during the summer active (SA) state. …”
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