Keywords
rodents
live history
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Accepted 2021-08-25
Published 2021-09-02
Abstract
Studies under laboratory conditions on the natural history of wild rodents allow detecting certain attributes that are difficult to observe in their natural environment, for example, litter development. Therefore, for three pups of Nephelomys meridensis, growth features were described in a controlled environment. Photographic and weighting records were obtained during the monitoring of this species, and we also recorded other changes that occurred along with the observations. Data about the characteristics of fur, eye-opening, and the mobility of the breeding were reported as well.
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