sigmodontine

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noun

Any rodent of the subfamily Sigmodontinae

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Meanings

nounsigmodontine (plural sigmodontines)

plural sigmodontines

  1. biologyAny rodent of the subfamily Sigmodontinae

    These are not minor issues because the regional extinctions of small mammals are a widespread phenomenon in southern South America and have involved several sigmodontine and caviomorph rodent species.

    2015 July 24, “Regional Extinctions and Quaternary Shifts in the Geographic Range of Lestodelphys halli, the Southernmost Living Marsupial: Clues for Its Conservation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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