Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects

Skull Size and Biomechanics are Good Estimators of In Vivo Bite Force in Murid Rodents

(2018) Samuel Ginot et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

How many species of mammals are there?

(2018) Connor J Burgin et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Impact of tree priors in species delimitation and phylogenetics of the genus Oligoryzomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

(2018) Marcos de O.R. da Cruz et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomic Insights into Mouse Evolution Using a Pseudoreference Approach

(2017) Brice A.J. Sarver et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Investigating Difficult Nodes in the Placental Mammal Tree with Expanded Taxon Sampling and Thousands of Ultraconserved Elements

(2017) Jacob A. Esselstyn et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Masticatory muscle architecture in a water-rat from Australasia (Murinae, Hydromys ) and its implication for the evolution of carnivory in rodents

(2017) P.-H. Fabre et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

A new species of big-eared climbing rat, genus Ototylomys (Cricetidae: Tylomyinae), from Chiapas, Mexico

(2017) Calvin A Porter et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Phylogeny and systematic revision of the genus Typhlomys (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae), with description of a new species

(2017) Feng Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species of Halmaheramys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Bisa and Obi Islands (North Maluku Province, Indonesia)

(2017) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The genus Abrawayaomys Cunha and Cruz, 1979 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): geographic variation and species definition

(2017) Alexandre Reis Percequillo et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands

(2017) Tyrone H Lavery et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The conundrum of subspecies: morphological diversity among desert populations of the California vole (Microtus californicus, Cricetidae)

(2017) James L Patton et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Integrative species delimitation of the widespread North American jumping mice (Zapodinae)

(2017) Jason L. Malaney et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multispecies coalescent delimits structure, not species

(2017) Jeet Sukumaran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates

(2017) Scott J. Steppan et al.   PLoS One

The Beaver’s Phylogenetic Lineage Illuminated by Retroposon Reads

(2017) Liliya Doronina et al.   Scientific Reports

Floccular fossa size is not a reliable proxy of ecology and behaviour in vertebrates

(2017) S. Ferreira-Cardoso et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative Morphology and Histology of the Nasal Fossa in Four Mammals: Gray Squirrel, Bobcat, Coyote, and White-Tailed Deer

(2016) Karen K. Yee et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging of metazoan soft tissues

(2016) Paul M. Gignac et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Different Level of Intraspecific Variation of the Bony Labyrinth Morphology in Slow- Versus Fast-Moving Primates

(2016) Alexandre Perier et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

A new species ofRattus(Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

(2016) Robert M. Timm et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species of arboreal rat, genusOecomys(Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Chaco

(2016) Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species of the rodent genusNecromysAmeghino (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Akodontini) from the Chaco Serrano grasslands of northwestern Argentina

(2016) J. Pablo Jayat et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new genus and species of omnivorous rodent (Muridae: Murinae) from Sulawesi, nested within a clade of endemic carnivores

(2016) Kevin C. Rowe et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Revision of the Chiapan deer mouse,Peromyscus zarhynchus, with the description of a new species

(2016) Consuelo Lorenzo et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species ofJuliomys(Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil

(2016) Alexandre U. Christoff et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics

(2016) Scott V. Edwards et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genetic Links between Recombination and Speciation

(2016) Bret A. Payseur   PLoS Genetics

Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodentZenkerellaand the origin of anomalurid gliding

(2016) Steven Heritage et al.   PeerJ

How reticulated are species?

(2015) James Mallet et al.   BIOESSAYS

Hybridization and asymmetric introgression across a narrow zone of contact betweenNeotoma fuscipesandN. macrotis(Rodentia: Cricetidae)

(2015) Brandi S. Coyner et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Negligible nuclear introgression despite complete mitochondrial capture between two species of chipmunks

(2015) Jeffrey M. Good et al.   EVOLUTION

Structure and function of the mammalian middle ear. II: Inferring function from structure

(2015) Matthew J. Mason   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Out of Himalaya: the impact of past Asian environmental changes on the evolutionary and biogeographical history of Dipodoidea (Rodentia)

(2015) Julie Pisano et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Masticatory Muscle Anatomy and Feeding Efficiency of the American Beaver, Castor canadensis (Rodentia, Castoridae)

(2015) Philip G. Cox et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Description of a new soft-haired mouse, genusAbrothrix(Sigmodontinae), from the temperate Valdivian rainforest

(2015) Guillermo D’Elía et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A hog-nosed shrew rat (Rodentia: Muridae) from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia

(2015) Jacob A. Esselstyn et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Bony labyrinth morphometry indicates locomotor adaptations in the squirrel-related clade (Rodentia, Mammalia)

(2015) Cathrin Pfaff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Respiratory and Olfactory Turbinals in Feliform and Caniform Carnivorans: The Influence of Snout Length

(2014) Blaire van Valkenburgh et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Delimiting species in the genusOtospermophilus(Rodentia: Sciuridae), using genetics, ecology, and morphology

(2014) Mark A. Phuong et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Rodents of the Caribbean: origin and diversification of hutias unravelled by next-generation museomics

(2014) P.-H. Fabre et al.   Biology Letters

Morphometric, karyotypic, and molecular evidence for a new species ofPeromyscus(Cricetidae: Neotominae) from Nayarit, Mexico

(2014) Robert D. Bradley et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha ratTympanoctomys(Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina

(2014) Pablo Teta et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new genus of sigmodontine rodent from eastern Brazil and the origin of the tribe Phyllotini

(2014) Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Specimen collection: An essential tool

(2014) L. A. Rocha et al.   SCIENCE

A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics

(2014) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A newly recognized family from the Horn of Africa, the Heterocephalidae (Rodentia: Ctenohystrica)

(2014) Bruce D. Patterson et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat,Heterocephalus glaber(Mammalia, Rodentia)

(2014) Philip G. Cox et al.   PeerJ

ECOLOGICAL SEGREGATION IN A SMALL MAMMAL HYBRID ZONE: HABITAT-SPECIFIC MATING OPPORTUNITIES AND SELECTION AGAINST HYBRIDS RESTRICT GENE FLOW ON A FINE SPATIAL SCALE

(2013) Quinn R. Shurtliff et al.   EVOLUTION

Jumping and gliding rodents: Mitogenomic affinities of Pedetidae and Anomaluridae deduced from an RNA-Seq approach

(2013) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   GENE

Thomomys nayarensis, a new species of pocket gopher from the Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico

(2013) Verity L. Mathis et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Enlarging rodent diversity in west-central Argentina: a new species of the genusHolochilus(Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)

(2013) Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A new genus for the Andean miceAkodon latebricolaandA. bogotensis(Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

(2013) Diego F. Alvarado-Serrano et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

How to fail at species delimitation

(2013) Bryan C. Carstens et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Adaptive introgression in animals: examples and comparison to new mutation and standing variation as sources of adaptive variation

(2013) Philip W. Hedrick   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ecological Opportunity and Incumbency in the Diversification of Repeated Continental Colonizations by Muroid Rodents

(2013) John J. Schenk et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Masticatory biomechanics of the Laotian rock rat,Laonastes aenigmamus, and the function of the zygomaticomandibularis muscle

(2013) Philip G. Cox et al.   PeerJ

Archboldomys(Muridae: Murinae) Reconsidered: A New Genus and Three New Species of Shrew Mice from Luzon Island, Philippines

(2012) Danilo S. Balete et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

Evolutionary novelty in a rat with no molars

(2012) J. A. Esselstyn et al.   Biology Letters

A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

(2012) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

An endemic new species of tuco-tuco, genusCtenomys(Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with a restricted geographic distribution in southern Brazil

(2012) Thales R. O. de Freitas et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A newly recognized clade of trans-Andean Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with description of a new genus

(2012) Ronald H. Pine et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Cytonuclear discordance among Southeast Asian black rats (Rattus rattuscomplex)

(2012) Marie Pagès et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Functional Evolution of the Feeding System in Rodents

(2012) Philip G. Cox et al.   PLoS One

Coalescent-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy

(2012) Matthew K. Fujita et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Diversification of South American spiny rats (Echimyidae): a multigene phylogenetic approach

(2012) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology-based hypotheses

(2012) Vladimir S. Lebedev et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Reviewing the Morphology of the Jaw-Closing Musculature in Squirrels, Rats, and Guinea Pigs with Contrast-Enhanced MicroCt

(2011) Philip G. Cox et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

PROGRESS TOWARD A GENERAL SPECIES CONCEPT

(2011) Bernhard Hausdorf   EVOLUTION

Aquatic adaptations in the nose of carnivorans: evidence from the turbinates

(2011) Blaire Van Valkenburgh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Phylogeography of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) and description of two new species from southeastern Brazil

(2011) Bárbara Maria de Andrade Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

New species ofCerradomysfrom coastal sandy plains of southeastern Brazil (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)

(2011) William Corrêa Tavares et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Mammalian hybrid zones: a review

(2011) Quinn R. Shurtliff   MAMMAL REVIEW

Hystricognathy vs Sciurognathy in the Rodent Jaw: A New Morphometric Assessment of Hystricognathy Applied to the Living Fossil Laonastes (Diatomyidae)

(2011) Lionel Hautier et al.   PLoS One

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Evaluation of a Bayesian Coalescent Method of Species Delimitation

(2011) Chi Zhang et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Functional Anatomy of Incisal Biting in Aplodontia rufa and Sciuromorph Rodents – Part 1: Masticatory Muscles, Skull Shape and Digging

(2010) Robert E. Druzinsky   CELLS TISSUES ORGANS

Functional Anatomy of Incisal Biting in Aplodontia rufa and Sciuromorph Rodents – Part 2: Sciuromorphy Is Efficacious for Production of Force at the Incisors

(2010) Robert E. Druzinsky   CELLS TISSUES ORGANS

New species of Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina

(2010) Janet K. Braun et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Rodent Evolution: Back to the Root

(2010) Gennady Churakov et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Rodent phylogeny revised: analysis of six nuclear genes from all major rodent clades

(2009) Shani Blanga-Kanfi et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Systematic Reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and “Melomys” Albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa

(2009) Guy G. Musser et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Chapter 7. A New Genus and Species of Small ‘Tree-Mouse’ (Rodentia, Muridae) Related to the Philippine Giant Cloud Rats

(2009) Lawrence R Heaney et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Chapter 8. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)

(2009) Kristofer M Helgen et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Masticatory muscle architecture in the Laotian rock ratLaonastes aenigmamus(Mammalia, Rodentia): new insights into the evolution of hystricognathy

(2009) Lionel Hautier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Molecular clocks keep dispersal hypotheses afloat: evidence for trans-Atlantic rafting by rodents

(2009) Diane L. Rowe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Relationships of Major Lineages within Peromyscine Rodents: A Molecular Phylogenetic Hypothesis and Systematic Reappraisal

(2009) Jacqueline R. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The Phylogenetic Position of the Rodent GenusTyphlomysand the Geographic Origin of Muroidea

(2009) Sharon A. Jansa et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Fine-Scale Phylogenetic Discordance across the House Mouse Genome

(2009) Michael A. White et al.   PLoS Genetics

Systematic Review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of Two New Species

(2008) Guy G. Musser et al.   AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES

Suprafamilial relationships among Rodentia and the phylogenetic effect of removing fast-evolving nucleotides in mitochondrial, exon and intron fragments

(2008) Claudine Montgelard et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogeography: retrospect and prospect

(2008) John C. Avise   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Systematics and Biogeography of the Mozambique Thicket Rat, Grammomys cometes, in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

(2008) Boris Kryštufek et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

A New Species of Atlantic Forest Tree Rat, GenusPhyllomys(Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Southern Brazil

(2008) Yuri L. R. Leite et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Morphometric Variation inHylomyscus AlleniandH. stella(Rodentia: Muridae), and Description of a New Species

(2008) Violaine Nicolas et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

The chorda tympani and its significance for rodent phylogeny

(2008) Irina Ruf et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

A Site- and Time-Heterogeneous Model of Amino Acid Replacement

(2008) Samuel Blanquart et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ancient hybridization and mitochondrial capture between two species of chipmunks

(2008) JEFFREY M. GOOD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Inferring the history of speciation in house mice from autosomal, X-linked, Y-linked and mitochondrial genes

(2008) ARMANDO GERALDES et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mosaic Convergence of Rodent Dentitions

(2008) Vincent Lazzari et al.   PLoS One

The largest fossil rodent

(2008) A. Rinderknecht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The largest among the smallest: the body mass of the giant rodent Josephoartigasia monesi

(2008) V. Millien   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of the zygomasseteric construction in Rodentia, as revealed by a geometric morphometric analysis of the mandible ofGraphiurus(Rodentia, Gliridae)

(2008) LIONEL HAUTIER et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY