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Nacif CL, Bastos DL, Mello B, Lazar A, Hingst-Zaher E, Geise L, Bonvicino CR. Hidden diversity of the genus Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae): phylogenetic and populational structure analyses uncover putative new lineages. Zool J Linn Soc 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Trinomys, one of the most species-rich spiny rat genera in Brazil, is widely distributed in Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes, and currently includes ten recognized species, three of which are polytypic. Although some studies employing molecular data have been conducted to better characterize phylogenetic relationships among species, 19 nominal taxa have been suggested, implying considerable incongruence regarding species boundaries. We addressed this incongruence by intensively sampling all species across the geographic distribution of the genus. In addition to publicly available data, we generated 182 mt-Cytb gene sequences, and employed phylogenetic and computational species delimitation methods to obtain a clearer picture of the genus diversity. Moreover, we evaluated populational diversity within each accepted species, considering their geographical distribution and a timescale for the evolution of the genus. Beyond confirming the general patterns described for the evolution of the group, this new analysis suggests that Trinomys is comprised of at least 16 evolutionary lineages, 13 of them recognized as species or subspecies, and three never before characterized. This study highlights the importance of increased sample sizes and computational species delimitation methods in uncovering hidden diversity in Trinomys.
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- Camila Leitão Nacif
- Graduate Genetics Program, Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) , 21941-617, Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Pathology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) , Niterói, RJ , Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- National Museum, Department of Vertebrates, Sector of Mastozoology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) , 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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- Museu Biológico, Instituto Butantan , Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, São Paulo , Brazil
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- Laboratory of Mastozoology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 220559-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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- Division of Genetics, National Cancer Institute (INCA) , Rua André Cavalcanti , 37, 4° andar, 20231-050, Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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Phylogenetic, Allometric, and Ecological Factors Affecting Morphological Variation in the Scapula and Humerus of Spiny Rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae). J MAMM EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-022-09617-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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AbstractLocomotion, as a fundamental function in mammals directly associated with the use of ecological resources, is expected to have anatomical structures functionally committed that evolved under intense selective pressure, possibly carrying specializations for different locomotor habits. Among caviomorph rodents, the family Echimyidae stands out for having the greatest species richness, with relatively well-resolved phylogenetic relationships, wide variation in body mass, and remarkable diversity of locomotor habits, including arboreal, scansorial, semi-aquatic, semifossorial, and terrestrial forms. Thus, Echimyidae constitutes a promising model for understanding how phylogenetic, allometric, and ecological factors affect the evolution of postcranial structures directly linked to locomotor function. We investigated the influence of these three factors on scapular and humeral morphological variation in 38 echimyid species using two-dimensional geometric morphometry and phylogenetically informed comparative methods. Scapular and humeral shape variation had a low correlation with body mass and structure size, conveying a small or negligible allometric effect. Conversely, a significant moderate to strong phylogenetic signal was detected in both structures, suggesting that an important part of their morphometric variation results from shared evolutionary history. Notably, morphological variation of the scapula was extensively structured by phylogeny, without the marked influence of locomotor habits, suggesting that its shape may be a suitable taxonomic marker. Finally, locomotor habits were important in structuring the morphological variation of the humerus. Our results suggest that the morphologies of the scapula and humerus, despite being anatomically and functionally interconnected, were differentially shaped by ecological factors associated with locomotor habits.
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Precinoto RS, Prieto PV, Figueiredo MDSL, Lorini ML. Edges as hotspots and drivers of forest cover change in a tropical landscape. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cantano LMR, Luchesi LC, Takata JT, Monticelli PF. Behavioral repertoire of the Brazilian spiny-rats, Trinomys setosus and Clyomys laticeps: different levels of sociality. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 83:e241164. [PMID: 34231655 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.241164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Behavior is a useful trait for comparative studies that provide the comprehension of phylogenetic relationships among species. Here, we present a description of two spiny-rats species' behavioral repertoire, Clyomys laticeps and Trinomys setosus (Rodentia: Echimyidae). The affiliative and agonistic behavioral patterns were sampled during a three-year study of captive populations of wild animals. Observational data were collected in two phases under different arrangements of individuals in groups. We also compare the behavioral traits of T. setosus and C. laticeps with the known behavioral patterns of Trinomys yonenagae. We add categories to the previous descriptions of T. setosus and a standard ethogram for C. laticeps. Trinomys setosus showed a visual and vocal display we called foot-trembling, which was not described in this form and function for other species studied until now. We discuss the differences in their sociality levels and similarities and differences among behavior patterns and repertoires.
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- L M R Cantano
- Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - FFCLRP, Departamento de Psicologia, Laboratório de Etologia e Bioacústica - EBAC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicobiologia em Psicobiologia, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - FFCLRP, Departamento de Psicologia, Laboratório de Etologia e Bioacústica - EBAC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicobiologia em Psicobiologia, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - FFCLRP, Departamento de Psicologia, Laboratório de Etologia e Bioacústica - EBAC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicobiologia em Psicobiologia, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - FFCLRP, Departamento de Psicologia, Laboratório de Etologia e Bioacústica - EBAC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicobiologia em Psicobiologia, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM. Effects of size, phylogeny and locomotor habits on the pelvic and femoral morphology of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The rodent family Echimyidae (spiny rats, hutias and coypu) is notable for its high phylogenetic and ecological diversity, encompassing ~100 living species with body mass ranging from 70 to 4500 g, including arboreal, epigean (non-arboreal or scansorial), fossorial and semi-aquatic taxa. In view of this diversity, it was hypothesized that echimyid morphological variation in the pelvis and femur should reflect: (1) allometric association with body mass; (2) morphofunctional specializations for the different locomotor habits; and (3) phylogenetic history. To test these propositions, we examined 30 echimyid species, in addition to eight species of two other octodontoid families, Abrocomidae and Octodontidae. Pelvic and femoral variation was assessed with linear morphometry, using bivariate and multivariate statistical methods, part of which was phylogenetically informed. Approximately 80% of the total variation among echimyids was explained by body mass, and some univariate measurements were found potentially to be effective as body mass estimators after simple allometric procedures, notably in the pelvis. Even considering the significant phylogenetic signal, variation in shape was largely structured by locomotor habits, mainly in the pelvis, suggesting that the echimyid hindlimb diversification was driven, in part, by selective pressures related to locomotor habits. Finally, echimyid femoral disparity was considerably greater than in other octodontoids, contrasting with their relatively modest cranial variation. Thus, this study suggests that hindlimb diversity constitutes a key factor for the exceptional echimyid ecological and phyletic diversification.
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- William Corrêa Tavares
- Campus Duque de Caxias Professor Geraldo Cidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Araújo NP, Dias CAR, Stumpp R, Svartman M. Cytogenetic analyses in Trinomys (Echimyidae, Rodentia), with description of new karyotypes. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5316. [PMID: 30083457 PMCID: PMC6074804 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Trinomys Thomas (1921) is a terrestrial genus of spiny rats endemic to the Brazilian areas of Atlantic Forest and the transitional areas of Cerrado and Caatinga. Although most species have been already karyotyped, the available cytogenetic information is mostly restricted to diploid and fundamental numbers. We analyzed the chromosomes of two Trinomys species: Trinomys moojeni (2n = 56, FN = 106) and Trinomys setosus setosus (2n = 56, FN = 106 and 2n = 56, FN = 108). Our analyses included GTG- and CBG-banding, silver-staining of the nucleolar organizer regions, and chromosome mapping of telomeres and 45S rDNA by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Comparative GTG- and CBG-banding suggested that the interspecific variation may be due to rearrangements such as pericentric inversions, centromere repositioning, and heterochromatin variation. We report two new karyotypes for T. s. setosus and describe for the first time the banding patterns of the two Trinomys species.
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- Naiara Pereira Araújo
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.,Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Tavares WC, Abi-Rezik P, Seuánez HN. Historical and ecological influence in the evolutionary diversification of external morphology of neotropical spiny rats (Echimyidae, Rodentia). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- William Corrêa Tavares
- Laboratório de Mastozoologia; Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Departamento de Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mastozoologia; Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM, Seuánez HN. Phylogenetic and size constrains on cranial ontogenetic allometry of spiny rats (Echimyidae, Rodentia). J Evol Biol 2016; 29:1752-65. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- W. C. Tavares
- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Departamento de Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Departamento de Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM, Seuánez HN. Stability and acceleration of phenotypic evolution in spiny rats (Trinomys, Echimyidae) across different environments. Zool J Linn Soc 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- William Corrêa Tavares
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro 21941-590 RJ Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, RJ Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rua André Cavalcanti 37 Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, RJ Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, RJ Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro 21941-590 RJ Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rua André Cavalcanti 37 Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, RJ Brazil
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