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Pleistocene Mammals of North America

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The article was published on 1980-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 907 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Platygonus & Homotherium.

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The Biology of Captive Prehensile-Tailed Porcupines, Coendou prehensilis

TL;DR: It is suggested that differences in diet, arboreality, and adaptations to different environmental regimes may be responsible for these differences in reproduction, growth and development, activity cycles, and communication mechanisms of Coendou prehensilis.
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Unraveling the fossil record of foxes: An updated review on the Plio-Pleistocene Vulpes spp. from Europe

TL;DR: In this paper, the interspecific variability of Vulpes alopecoides, V. praeglacialis and V. praecorsac has been investigated in the European Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene fossil record.
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The Ñuagapua alluvial fan sequence: Early and Late Holocene human-induced changes in the Bolivian Chaco?

TL;DR: The Quebrada Naguapua alluvial fan provides a record of changes that have affected the Bolivian Chaco during the Holocene as mentioned in this paper, including the earliest evidence of human occupation and suggests that deposition was perhaps induced by deforestation.
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Fossil evidence for the origin of behavioral strategies in early Miocene Castoridae, and their role in the evolution of the family

TL;DR: Steneofiber, an early Miocene European beaver, showed evidence of a K-strategy model of reproduction and important morphological modifications for better adaptation to a semiaquatic way of life.
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Blue fan palm distribution and seed removal patterns in three desert oases of northern Baja California, Mexico

TL;DR: It is suggested that local biotic and abiotic factors at each particular canyon have the potential to affect post-dispersal seed removal activity patterns by rodents, as well as to provide vital protection for palm seedling establishment from the extreme floods.