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Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve
Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the north-east of Madagascar.
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Anjozorobe
Anjozorobe is a large town in the Analamanga Region, Madagascar, approximately 90 kilometers north-east of the capital Antananarivo.
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Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.
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Big-footed mouse
Big-footed mice (Macrotarsomys) are a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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Brachytarsomys
Brachytarsomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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Brachyuromys
Brachyuromys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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Capsular process
In rodents, the capsular process or projection is a bony capsule that contains the root of the lower incisor.
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Central Highlands (Madagascar)
The Central Highlands, Central High Plateau, or Hauts-Plateaux are a mountainous biogeographical region in central Madagascar.
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Cusp (anatomy)
A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature.
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Cytochrome b
Cytochrome b is a protein found in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells.
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Eastern voalavo
The eastern voalavo (Voalavo antsahabensis) is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae which occurs in the Anjozorobe forest of eastern Madagascar.
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Eimeria
Eimeria is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that includes various species capable of causing the disease coccidiosis in animals such as cattle, poultry, and smaller ruminants including sheep and goats.
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Eliurus
Eliurus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Entepicondylar foramen
The entepicondylar foramen is an opening in the distal (far) end of the humerus (upper arm bone) present in some mammals.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat
Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus grandidieri) is a species of rodent from the family Nesomyidae.
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Humerus
The humerus (plural: humeri) is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
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Hypsodont
Hypsodont is a pattern of dentition with high-crowned teeth and enamel extending past the gum line, providing extra material for wear and tear.
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Incisive foramen
In the human mouth, the incisive foramen, also called anterior palatine foramen, or nasopalatine foramen is a funnel-shaped opening in the bone of the oral hard palate immediately behind the incisor teeth where blood vessels and nerves pass.
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Incisor
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Interorbital region
The interorbital region of the skull is located between the eyes, anterior to the braincase.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Least-concern species
A least concern (LC) species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated but not qualified for any other category.
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Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.
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Mahajanga Province
Mahajanga is a former province of Madagascar with an area of 150,023 km².
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Major's tufted-tailed rat
Major's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus majori) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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Malagasy mountain mouse
The Malagasy mountain mouse or Koopman's montane voalavo (Monticolomys koopmani) is a rodent within the subfamily Nesomyinae of the family Nesomyidae, and is closely related to Macrotarsomys.
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Mammary gland
A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring.
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Mandible
The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human face.
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Marojejy National Park
Marojejy National Park is a national park in the Sava Region of northeastern Madagascar.
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Maxilla
The maxilla (plural: maxillae) in animals is the upper jawbone formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
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Mite
Mites are small arthropods belonging to the class Arachnida and the subclass Acari (also known as Acarina).
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Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Molar (tooth)
The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
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Molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominately in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.
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Monophyly
In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.
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Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems refers to any ecosystem found in mountains.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Musk
Musk is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery.
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Nesomyidae
The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
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Nesomyinae
The Malagasy rats and mice are the sole members of the subfamily Nesomyinae.
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Neurocranium
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.
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Northern Highlands
The Northern Highlands are a mountainous biogeographical region of northern Madagascar.
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Northern voalavo
The northern voalavo, or naked-tailed voalavo, or just voalavo, (Voalavo gymnocaudus), is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae found in the highlands of northern Madagascar.
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Nuclear DNA
Nuclear DNA, or nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (nDNA), is the DNA contained within the nucleus of a eukaryotic organism.
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Nucleic acid sequence
A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.
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Palatine bone
The palatine bones are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species.
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Parasitism
In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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Petter's tufted-tailed rat
Petter's tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus petteri) is a rodent in the genus Eliurus found in lowland eastern Madagascar.
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Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities—their phylogeny—based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics.
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Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
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Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
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Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn agriculture, or fire–fallow cultivation, is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.
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Squamosal bone
The squamosal is a bone of the head of higher vertebrates.
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Steven M. Goodman
Steven Michael Goodman (born August 3, 1957) is an American conservation biologist, and field biologist on staff in the Department of Zoology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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Subfossil
A subfossil (as opposed to a fossil) is a bone or other part of an organism that has not fully fossilized.
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Subsquamosal fenestra
In some rodents, the subsquamosal fenestra is an opening between two parts of the squamosal bone, at the back of the skull.
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Suture (anatomy)
In anatomy, a suture is a fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism, with or without significant overlap of the elements.
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Tarsus (skeleton)
The tarsus is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of tibia and fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.
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Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
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Tympanic cavity
The tympanic cavity is a small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear.
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Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).
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Voalavoanala
The voalavoanala (Gymnuromys roberti) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.
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White-tipped tufted-tailed rat
The white-tipped tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus penicillatus) is a rodent endemic to Madagascar.
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Zygomatic arch
The zygomatic arch, or cheek bone, is formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (zygomaticotemporal suture); the tendon of the temporalis passes medial to the arch to gain insertion into the coronoid process of the mandible.
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Zygomatic plate
In rodent anatomy, the zygomatic plate is a bony plate derived from the flattened front part of the zygomatic arch (cheekbone).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voalavo
