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Globally, species diversity is regulated by speciation and extinction, and regionally it is regulated by competition, niche, colonization, emigration, and extinction, and more locally, by environmental tolerance and species interactions which filter out non-adapted species based on intrinsic characteristics, or their Hutchinsonian niche. In this dissertation, I examined some of the mechanisms that govern biodiversity patterns in order to determine the main causes of uneven diversity in muroid rodent clades, the most diverse superfamily of mammals, comprising 28% of all mammal species. This extensive diversity, in addition to the remarkable eco-morphological adaptability which facilitated their colonization of all terrestrial biomes make muroids an ideal system to study this fundamental question in evolutionary ecology. In addition, the use of robust phylogenies that have recently been developed in muroids and non-muroid rodents makes the order an especially attractive model system to understand the process of mammalian adaptation to arid environments and the ecological interactions that shaped patterns of coexistence within desert communities, the second main goal of the dissertation. The use of a combination of molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometrics allows for a robust investigation of general patterns that shape the ecological evolution of this group within and without desert habitats, warranting a reinterpretation of classical studies in evolutionary biology, desert ecology, and the traditional systematics of desert rodent clades.

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Adaptation, diversification, and desert ecology of the most diverse order of mammals (Mammalia, Rodentia)

Panay Island bushy-tailed cloud rats Crateromys heaneyi are nocturnal, arboreal, probably herbivorous Philippinerodents. Apart from limited morphological data, there is very little reported information about them. The aim of thisstudy was to gather preliminary data with a view to developing an ethogram for these taxa, based on a captivepopulation house at ZSL London Zoo. Cloud rats are probably not social rodents and are likely to live in pairs orsolitarily in the wild when not raising offspring. They are intolerant of intruders in their territory and will fight to thedeath when stressed. They spend the majority of their time resting, climbing and feeding. Cloud rats are fastidious intheir habits; defecating and urinating away from their nest boxes and food at a particular constant site and cleaningthemselves methodically after every meal. There are significant gaps in our knowledge of these mammals, which arelisted as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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Philippine Panay Island Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys heaneyi): A Preliminary Behavioural Study of Captive Cloud Rats

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Philippine Panay Island Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys heaneyi): A Preliminary Behavioural Study of Captive Cloud Rats