Contributions in honor of Guy G. Musser.

450 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. "Issued December 15, 2009." Includes bibliographical references.Contents: They sort out like nuts and bolts : a scientific biography of Guy G. Musser / Michael D. Carleton -- Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of the genus Heteromys ‪(‬Rodentia: Heteromyidae‪)‬ in central and eastern Venezuela, with the description of a new species from the Cordillera de la Costa / Robert P. Anderson and Eliécer E. Gutiérrez -- Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex ‪(‬Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae‪)‬ in western Mexico / Michael D. Carleton and Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales -- The antiquity of Rhizomys and independent acquisition of fossorial traits in subterranean muroids / Lawrence J. Flynn -- A new species of Reithrodontomys, subgenus Aporodon ‪(‬Cricetidae: Neotominae‪)‬, from the highlands of Costa Rica, with comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys / Alfred L. Gardner and Michael D. Carleton -- Phylogenetic relationships of harpyionycterine megabats ‪(‬Chiroptera: Pteropodidae‪)‬ / Norberto P. Giannini, Francisca Cunha Almeida, and Nancy B. Simmons -- A new genus and species of small ‪"‬tree-mouse‪"‬ ‪(‬Rodentia, Muridae‪)‬ related to the Philippine giant cloud rats / Lawrence R. Heaney, Danilo S. Balete, Eric A. Rickart, M. Josefa Veluz, and Sharon A. Jansa -- Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea : a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys ‪(‬Muridae: Murinae‪)‬ / Kristofer M. Helgen and Lauren E. Helgen -- Systematic revision of sub-Saharan African dormice ‪(‬Rodentia: Gliridae‪)‬. Part 2, Description of a new species of Graphiurus from the central Congo Basin, including morphological and ecological niche comparisons with G. crassicaudatus and G. lorraineus / Mary Ellen Holden and Rebecca S. Levine -- Descriptions of new species of Crocidura ‪(‬Soricomorpha: Soricidae‪)‬ from mainland Southeast Asia, with synopses of previously described species and remarks on biogeography / Paulina D. Jenkins, Darrin P. Lunde, and Clive B. Moncrieff -- The six opossums of Félix de Azara : identification, taxonomic history, neotype designations, and nomenclatural recommendations / Robert S. Voss, Philip Myers, François Catzeflis, Ana Paula Carmignotto, and Josefina Barreiro -- Skull and dentition of Willeumys korthi, nov. gen. et sp., a cricetid rodent from the Oligocene ‪(‬Orellan‪)‬ of Wyoming / John H. Wahlert

Reproduction and growth in a Neotropical arboreal mouse: Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) in French Guiana

International audiencePostnatal growth and development of the small Neotropical mouse Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) were investigated from birth to day 143, in the laboratory. Morphometric measurements at age of 3 days, of both sexes combined, revealed body weight to be 3.4 ± 0.3 g, mean tail length as 27.4 ± 1.1 mm, and mean hind foot length as 9.3 ± 0.7 mm. Body weight was found to increase steadily until at least 69 days, whereas the instantaneous growth rates of other measurements declined earlier: the daily growth of hind foot length declined to a minimum at age of 24 days, and the growth of tail and of ear declined by the age of 33 days. Average litter size for 12 captive births was 2.5, ranging from 2 to 3. The preserved eye crystalline lens was weighted in 23 captive-born animals of known age, allowing a rough estimate of the age of reproduction in wild-caught animals. Based on the inferred relation between eye-lens weight and age, the youngest reproductive (pregnant) wild-caught females had an estimated age of 90 and 95 days

A survey of small non-volant mammals inhabiting Wayampi Amerindian houses in French Guiana

International audienceThe commensal small non-volant mammals found in tradi-tional houses of Wayampi Amerindians have been studied in villages of Trois-Sauts on the upper Oyapock River (French Guiana). The Wayampi, also called Oyampi, are Amerindians living traditional lifestyles in the southeastern part of the Guianan Shield, especially in the Oyapock basin of French Guiana and in the Amapari basin of northernmost Brazil (Amapa) (Grenand et al. 1999 ). Today, many Wayampi live in close contact with modern occidental people, but a group of ca. 600 people (2010 census) remains relatively isolated on the upper Oyapock River. In particular, the Trois-Sauts com-munity, spaced along ca. 30 km on the left bank of the upper Oyapock, is still made up of hunters and gatherers who also tend small garden plots (Ouhoud-Renoux 1998

Hansen, E. & Richard-Hansen, C. — Faune de Guyane - Guide des principales espèces soumises à réglementation. Editions Roger Le Guen, Garies, France. 2000

Catzeflis François. Hansen, E. & Richard-Hansen, C. — Faune de Guyane - Guide des principales espèces soumises à réglementation. Editions Roger Le Guen, Garies, France. 2000. In: Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 56, n°2, 2001. p. 198

Bongers, F., Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M. & Théry, M. (eds). — Nouragues. Dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest. “Monographiae Biologicae”, Vol. 80. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 2001

Catzeflis François. Bongers, F., Charles-Dominique, P., Forget, P.-M. & Théry, M. (eds). — Nouragues. Dynamics and plant-animal interactions in a neotropical rainforest. “Monographiae Biologicae”, Vol. 80. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 2001. In: Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 57, n°3-4, 2002. pp. 357-359

Biodiversité et écologie des communautés de rongeurs arboricoles et autres petits mammifères de Guyane Française

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