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Plains Vizcachas

Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent

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Editors:
  1. Luciano Luis Rasia

    1. División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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  2. Claudio Gustavo Barbeito

    1. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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  3. Francisco Acuña

    1. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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  • This book gathers specialists working in a unique neotropical rodent species, the plains vizcacha Lagostomus maximus
  • It is the first book dedicated to this species, thus it collects recent and historical research data
  • It has a multidisciplinary approach combining studies from paleontology, zooarchaeology, conservation, histology and physiology

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The plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a remarkable rodent of the Neotropic given several peculiar aspects of its biology, some of them quite unique among rodents or even among mammals. This book gathers specialists studying plains vizcachas from very different approaches, including paleontology, systematics, morphology, physiology, development and conservation. It is divided in two Parts, 1) Evolutionary History, and 2) Morphology, Development and Physiology. It will surely be a required reading for any researcher working with caviomorph rodents, mastozoology of the Neotropics or internal anatomy and physiology of mammals.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Evolutionary History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Two Hundred Years of Studies on Plains Vizcachas

      • Claudio Gustavo Barbeito, Francisco Acuña, Mirta Alicia Flamini, Luciano Luis Rasia
      Pages 3-9

    3. Pan-Chinchillidae, a Once Diverse Clade

      • Luciano Luis Rasia
      Pages 11-25

    4. Fossil Record of Lagostomus: A 10 Million Years Story

      • Luciano Luis Rasia
      Pages 27-42

    5. Morphological Variation in the Cranium of Lagostomus maximus Along Its Geographic Distribution

      • Luciano Luis Rasia, Marcos D. Ercoli, Alicia Álvarez
      Pages 43-69

    6. Genetic Variation Across Lagostomus maximus’ Geographical Distribution in Argentina

      • María Constanza Gariboldi, Pablo Ignacio Felipe Inserra, Juan Ignacio Túnez, Alfredo Daniel Vitullo
      Pages 71-79

    7. Chancy History of a Supposedly Vanished South American Rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with Remarks on Recent Extinctions in Caviomorphs

      • Patricia Hadler, Carlos A. Galliari, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas
      Pages 81-97

    8. Use of the Plains Vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) by Indigenous Societies in the Pampas Ecoregion (Argentina)

      • Agustina Massigoge, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, María Clara Álvarez, María A. Gutiérrez, Cristian A. Kaufmann
      Pages 99-144

    9. From Pest to Vulnerable Species: Combining Ecological and Behavioural Knowledge for the Conservation and Management of Lagostomus maximus

      • Cecilia B. Contarde, Diego A. Guzmán
      Pages 145-170

    10. Plains Vizcacha Endoparasites: An Exploration of Diversity, Health and Ecology

      • Victoria Canova, María del Rosario Robles, Agustín M. Abba, Graciela T. Navone
      Pages 171-202

  3. Morphology, Development and Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Skull Ontogeny and Sexual Dimorphism

      • Luciano Luis Rasia
      Pages 205-218

    3. Morphophysiology of the Female Reproductive System

      • Francisco Acuña, Mirta Alicia Flamini, Enrique Leo Portiansky, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito
      Pages 219-234

    4. Poly-implantation and Embryonic Death

      • Francisco Acuña, Enrique Leo Portiansky, María Angélica Miglino, Mirta Alicia Flamini, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito
      Pages 235-243

    5. Placentation and Placenta

      • Claudio Gustavo Barbeito, Francisco Acuña, Enrique Leo Portiansky, María Angélica Miglino, Mirta Alicia Flamini
      Pages 245-254

    6. Neuroanatomy and Brain Histological Atlas of the South American Plains Vizcacha

      • Alejandro Raúl Schmidt, Alfredo Daniel Vitullo, Verónica Berta Dorfman
      Pages 255-272

    7. Post-implantation Embryo Development in the South American Plains Vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia, Caviomorpha)

      • Noelia Paola Leopardo, Pablo Ignacio Felipe Inserra, Alfredo Daniel Vitullo
      Pages 273-288

    8. Reproductive Neuroendocrinology of the Female South American Plains Vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus

      • Verónica Berta Dorfman, Pablo Ignacio Felipe Inserra, Alfredo Daniel Vitullo, Julia Halperin
      Pages 289-318

    9. Synchronization of the Pineal and Pituitary Morphophysiology by Photoperiodic Environmental Signals

      • Verónica P. Filippa, Fabricio I. Busolini, Fabian H. Mohamed
      Pages 319-347
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Editors and Affiliations

  • División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    Luciano Luis Rasia

  • Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    Claudio Gustavo Barbeito, Francisco Acuña

About the editors

Luciano Luis Rasia is a PhD in Natural Sciences. He is Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council) since 2019, working at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. He is a vertebrate paleontologist specialized in caviomorph rodents. In his PhD dissertation he studied the extinct chinchillids of Argentina. Now he is working mainly with extinct chinchillioids, with focus in the evolution, paleoecology, paleobiogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. He has collaborated in the study of many Cenozoic faunas of Argentina. He has been teaching Compared Anatomy at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (FCNYM - UNLP) since 2011.

Claudio Gustavo Barbeito is a PhD in Veterinary Sciences. He is Principal Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), and his research focuses on the placenta and comparative placentation at the Laboratory of Histology and Descriptive, Experimental and Comparative Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata (FCV-UNLP). He is a Full Professor in Histology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology and General Pathology at FCV-UNLP.

Francisco Acuña is a PhD in Veterinary Sciences. He is Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), and his research focuses on reproductive and developmental biology at the Laboratory of Histology and Descriptive, Experimental and Comparative Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata (FCV-UNLP). He teaches Histology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology, and General Pathology at FCV-UNLP.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plains Vizcachas

  • Book Subtitle: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent

  • Editors: Luciano Luis Rasia, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito, Francisco Acuña

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49487-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49486-4Published: 30 March 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49489-5Due: 18 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49487-1Published: 29 March 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 386

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Zoology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

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