- Fossil amphibian offers insights into the interplay between monsoons and amphibian evolution in palaeoequatorial Late Triassic systems
2024/10/01 by Calvin So, Aaron M. Kufner, Jason D. Pardo +8 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aestivation #Amphibian #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Fossorial #Geology #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Vertebrate
- Hanging on and digging deep: comparative forelimb myology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
2023/06/14 by Hazel L. Richards, Justin W. Adams, Alistair R. Evans · 1 voice · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Anatomy #Arboreal locomotion #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Digging #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Forelimb #Fossorial #Habitat #Heterochrony #Marsupial #Myology #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Quadrupedalism #Zoology
- Effects of size, phylogeny and locomotor habits on the pelvic and femoral morphology of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae)
2020/08/28 by William Corrêa Tavares, Leila Maria Pessôa · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Allometry #Anatomy #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Arboreal locomotion #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Fossorial #Habitat #Zoology
- Insights into skull evolution in fossorial snakes, as revealed by the cranial morphology of Atractaspis irregularis (Serpentes: Colubroidea)
2020/08/20 by Catherine R. C. Strong, Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Arboreal locomotion #Biology #Ecology #Endocast #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Fossorial #Heterochrony #Lineage (genetic) #Morphology (biology) #Neoteny #Neurocranium #Osteology #Phylogenetics #Skull #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Zoology
- A primate with a Panda's thumb: The anatomy of the pseudothumb of Daubentonia madagascariensis
2019/10/21 by Adam Hartstone‐Rose, Edwin Dickinson, Marissa L. Boettcher +1 · 3 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Anatomy #Arboreal locomotion #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience #Neuroscience #Numerical digit #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Quadrupedalism #Zoology
- Locomotor performance constrained by morphology and habitat in a diverse clade of African frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
2019/01/18 by Alexander D. Rebelo, Alexander D Rebelo, John Measey · 5 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Adaptation (eye) #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Arboreal locomotion #Biology #Clade #Ecology #Ecomorphology #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Gene #Habitat #Morphology (biology) #Phylogenetics #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Trait #Zoology
- Paleogene Xenarthra and the evolution of South American mammals
2015/06/24 by Timothy J. Gaudin, Darin A. Croft · 38 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Cretaceous #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Fossorial #Mammal #Paleogene #Paleontology #Population #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sloth #Xenarthra #Zoology
- Evolution of Cranial Shape in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)
2014/06/19 by Emma Sherratt, David J. Gower, Christian Peter Klingenberg +1 · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Biology #Clade #Crania #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Heterochrony #Macroevolution #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Morphometrics #Neurocranium #Ontogeny #Paleontology #Phyletic gradualism #Phylogenetics #Skull #Zoology
- Architectural specialization of the intrinsic thoracic limb musculature of the American badger (Taxidea taxus)
2012/09/15 by Alexis L. Moore, Joseph E. Budny, Anthony P. Russell +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Muscle activation and electromyography studies #Sports Performance and Training #Muscle Physiology and Disorders #Muscle architecture #Forelimb #Anatomy #Quadrupedalism #Fascicle #Biology #Elbow #Fossorial #Ankle #Wrist
- Ecological and phylogenetic influence on mandible shape variation of South American caviomorph rodents (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha)
2011/03/14 by Alicia Álvarez, ALICIA ÁLVAREZ, S. Iván Pérez +3 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Biology #Clade #Diastema #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Genetics #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Morphometrics #Paleontology #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Zoology
- Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana
2010/03/31 by Nicolás Vidal, Julie Marin, Marina Morini +7 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Vicariance #Gondwana #Biology #Biological dispersal #Ecology #Biogeography #Fossorial #Evolutionary biology #Paleontology #Phylogenetics #Phylogeography #Structural basin
- Quantitative Morphological Proxies for Fossoriality in Small Mammals
2009/12/15 by Samantha S. B. Hopkins, Edward Byrd Davis, Edward Davis · 13 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Biology #Burrow #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Fossorial #Mammal #Morphology (biology) #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Taxon #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology
- Brain Regions and Encephalization in Anurans: Adaptation or Stability?
2008/01/15 by Graeme Taylor, Graeme M. Taylor, Erica Nol +1 · 9 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Adaptation (eye) #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Anatomy #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Arboreal locomotion #Biology #Central nervous system #Cerebrum #Ecology #Fossorial #Habitat #Midbrain #Neuroscience #Olfactory bulb #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Tectum #Zoology
- Convergent dental adaptations in pseudo-tribosphenic and tribosphenic mammals
2007/10/31 by Zhe‐Xi Luo, Zhe-Xi Luo, Qiang Ji +1 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Anatomy #Biology #Convergent evolution #Dentition #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Fossorial #Mammal #Molar #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Phylogenetics #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Zoology
- A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad
2005/01/01 by Thomas Lehmann, Patrick Vignaud, Andossa Likius +1 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Social Sciences · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Crest #Taxon #Fossorial #Clade #Paleontology #Fossil Record #Fossa #Biology #Zoology #Geology #Phylogenetics
- Seismic Signal Use by Fossorial Mammals
2001/10/01 by Matthew J. Mason, Peter M. Narins · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Acoustics #Archaeology #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Burrow #Computer science #Digging #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Foraging #Fossorial #Geography #Geology #Ground vibrations #Magnitude (astronomy) #Mammal #Physics #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #SIGNAL (programming language) #Seismology #Vibration
- To find an ant: trail-following in Australian blindsnakes (Typhlopidae)
1992/06/01 by Jonathan K. Webb, Richard Shine · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Brood #Ecology #Forage #Foraging #Fossorial #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Zoology
- The Energy Cost of Burrowing by the Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae
1979/04/01 by David Vleck · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Animal science #Basal metabolic rate #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Burrow #Digging #Ecology #Energy cost #Energy expenditure #Energy requirement #Engineering #Environmental science #Fossorial #Geography #Geotechnical engineering #Hydrology (agriculture) #Mathematics #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Statistics
- Paleoneurology of the Pleistocene euryzygomatomyine †Proclinodontomys dondasi reflects fossorial specialization in Neotropical spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae)
2026/08/03 by J. Ariel Fernández Villoldo, José Ariel Fernández, Diego H. Verzi +4
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Biological evolution #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Fossorial #Morphology (biology) #Pleistocene #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Hidden chambers, visible impacts: hypogeal construction and soil modification by Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)
2026/07/28 by Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Lacerda, Maria do Socorro Lacerda Rolim +4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Arboreal locomotion #Biogeochemistry #Ecosystem #Fossorial #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Soil biology #Soil water #Termitidae