Comparison of skull growth in two ecosystem modifiers: beavers Castor canadensis (Rodentia: Castoridae) and muskrats Ondatra zibethicus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

• Published in: Zoologischer Anzeiger
• Main Authors: Segura Gago, Alda Valentina, Flores, David Alfredo, Deferrari, Guillermo Alejandro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Gmbh
• Subjects: CRANIAL ONTOGENY; DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; INVASIVE MAMMALS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Austral; Tucumán; Valentina; Antártida; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/213292

Beavers and muskrats are semi-aquatic, generalist herbivorous rodents regarded as invasive in southern South America, with high impacts on the ecosystem. They share some morphological characters of the skull, but different body sizes and phylogenetic history, showing evident shape differences in you...