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We tested the applicability of Allen ' s rule in 47 species and 32 unnamed forms (populations that are probably good species or undefined taxa within a superspecies or species group) of the South American subterranean Hystricomorph rodents of the genus Ctenomys (tuco-tucos) (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) by analyzing tail length in relation with head and body length, and body mass. Tail length allometry was analyzed by Reduced Major Axis regression while the possible correlation of relative tail length with temperature, precipitation and evapotranspiration variables was explored through Simultaneous Autoregression to account for spatial autocorrelations. Our results indicate that tuco-tucos do not follow Allen ' s rule but its converse, tail proportion relative to body mass increasing with latitude while body size decreases in the same direction (the trend is similar for tail length relative to head and body length but not statistically significant). Regarding climatic variables, the main predictors of relative tail length were temperature and evapotranspiration variables with trends confirming the positive (non-Allenian) correlation of relative tail length with latitude. We conclude that tuco-tucos, being almost fully subterranean, thermoregulate behaviorally by maintaining constant temperatures within their burrows independent of geographic location. The former confirms previous results that indicated that Ctenomys follows the converse to Bergmann ' s rule. Relative tail length variation would be a result of simple allometric growth. © 2011 by Walter de Gruyter.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A test of Allen's rule in subterranean mammals: The genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae)
Autor:Bidau, C.J.; Martí, D.A.; Medina, A.I.
Filiación:Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Av. Brasil 4365, Pav. Arthur Neiva, sala 14, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ-21045-900, Brazil
Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, 3300 Posadas, Argentina
Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni, 8520 San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Alto Valle, Subsede Villa Regina, Tacuarí 669, 8336 Villa Regina, Río Negro, Argentina
Idioma: Inglés
Palabras clave:Allometry; Body proportions; Climate; Geographic cline; Subterranean rodent; allometry; body mass; body size; climate variation; cohort analysis; correlation; evapotranspiration; geographical distribution; rodent; subterranean environment; tail feather; thermoregulation; Caviomorpha; Ctenomyidae; Ctenomys; Hystricognathi; Mammalia; Rodentia
Año:2011
Volumen:75
Número:4
Página de inicio:311
Página de fin:320
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2011.044
Título revista:Mammalia
Título revista abreviado:Mammalia
ISSN:00251461
CODEN:MAMLA
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Bidau, C.J., Martí, D.A. & Medina, A.I. (2011) . A test of Allen's rule in subterranean mammals: The genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae). Mammalia, 75(4), 311-320.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2011.044
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Bidau, C.J., Martí, D.A., Medina, A.I. "A test of Allen's rule in subterranean mammals: The genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae)" . Mammalia 75, no. 4 (2011) : 311-320.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2011.044
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Bidau, C.J., Martí, D.A., Medina, A.I. "A test of Allen's rule in subterranean mammals: The genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae)" . Mammalia, vol. 75, no. 4, 2011, pp. 311-320.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2011.044
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Bidau, C.J., Martí, D.A., Medina, A.I. A test of Allen's rule in subterranean mammals: The genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Ctenomyidae). Mammalia. 2011;75(4):311-320.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/MAMM.2011.044