Name - Otomys auratus

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:5250157 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Temporal changes in cranial size in South African vlei rats (Otomys): evidence for the 'third universal response to warming'.
• Past, present, and future distribution of Afromontane rodents (Muridae: Otomys) reflect climate-change predicted biome changes.
• Associated tympanic bullar and cochlear hypertrophy define adaptations to true deserts in African gerbils and laminate-toothed rats (Muridae: Gerbillinae and Murinae).
• Biomes, geology and past climate drive speciation of laminate-toothed rats on South African mountains (Murinae: Otomys).
• Counter-gradient variation and the expensive tissue hypothesis explain parallel brain size reductions at high elevation in cricetid and murid rodents.

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