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Zapata, Beatriz; Gaete, Gabriela; Correa, Loreto A.; González, Benito A.; Ebensperger, Luis A. (2009)Although allosuckling, the lactation of non-filial offspring, can be a costly behavior, it has been reported in several species across a wide range of mammalian orders. Monotocous species such as ungulates exhibit this ...
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Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito A.; Ebensperger, Luis A. (2009)Females in several ungulates transfer milk to non-filial (NF) offspring, in a process known as allonursing. This behavior is less common in monotocous species, including most ungulates, and it has been associated ...
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Fuentes Allende, Nicolás; Vielma, André; Paulsen, Katheryne; Arredondo, Cristóbal; Corti, Paulo; Estades Marfán, Cristián; González, Benito A. (Elsevier, 2016)Areas with high shrub and grass cover are scarce and important for arid-land ungulates. Unfortunately, agricultural activities are often concentrated in such areas causing ungulates either to include croplands as foraging ...
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Mitochondrial DNA variation and systematics of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe, Artiodactyla: Camelidae) Marín, Juan C.; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel; González, Benito A.; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara S.; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie (2008)Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are the most important native herbivorous species in the South American steppes and the dominant ungulate in a fauna rich in rodents but poor in large mammal species. Between 2 and 4 subspecies are ...
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Marín, Juan C.; Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito A.; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie; Alliende, M. Angélica; Spotorno, Ángel E. (2007)Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
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Marin, Juan C.; González, Benito A.; Poulin, Elie; Casey, Ciara S.; Johnson, Warren E. (2013)A comprehensive study of the phylogeography and population genetics of the largest wild artiodactyl in the arid and cold-temperate South American environments, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) was conducted. Patterns of molecular ...