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The plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a remarkable rodent of the Neotropics given several peculiar aspects of its biology, some of them quite unique among rodents or even among mammals. This book gathers specialists studying plains vizcachas from very different approaches, including palaeontology, systematics, morphology, physiology, development and conservation. It is divided in two Parts, 1) Evolutionary History, and 2) Morphology, Development and Physiology. It will surely be required reading for any researcher working with caviomorph rodents, mastozoology of the Neotropics or internal anatomy and physiology of mammals.
Part I: Evolutionary History
Chapter 1. Two hundred years of studies on plains vizcachas / Claudio G. Barbeito, Francisco Acuna, Mirta A. Flamini, Luciano L. Rasia
Chapter 2. Pan-Chinchillidae, a once diverse clade / Luciano L. Rasia
Chapter 3. The fossil record of Lagostomus: a 10 million years story / Luciano L. Rasia
Chapter 4. Morphological variation in the cranium of Lagostomus maximus along its geographic distribution / Luciano L. Rasia, Marcos D. Ercoli, Alicia Alvarez
Chapter 5. Genetic variation across Lagostomus maximus' geographical distribution in Argentina / Maria C. Gariboldi, Pablo I. F. Inserra, Juan I. Tunez, Alfredo D. Vitullo
Chapter 6. The chancy history of a supposedly vanished South American rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with remarks on recent extinctions in caviomorphs / Patricia Hadler, Carlos A. Galliari, Ulyses F. J. Pardinas
Chapter 7. Use of the vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) by indigenous societies in the Pampas ecoregion (Argentina) / Agustina Massigoge, Juan M. Rodriguez, Maria C. Alvarez, Maria A. Gutierrez, Cristian A. Kaufmann
Chapter 8. From pest to vulnerable species: combining ecological and behavioural knowledge for the conservation and management of Lagostomus maximus / Cecilia B. Contarde, Diego A. Guzman
Chapter 9. Plains vizcacha endoparasites: an exploration of diversity, health and ecology / Victoria Canova, Maria del Rosario Robles, Agustin M. Abba, Graciela T. Navone
Part II: Morphology, Development and Physiology
Chapter 10. Skull ontogeny and sexual dimorphism / Luciano L. Rasia
Chapter 11. Morphophysiological characteristics of the female reproductive system / Francisco Acuna, Mirta A. Flamini, Claudio G. Barbeito, Enrique L. Portiansky
Chapter 12. Poly-implantation and embryonic death / Francisco Acuna, Enrique L. Portiansky, Maria A. Miglino, Mirta A. Flamini, Claudio G. Barbeito
Chapter 13. Placentation and placenta / Claudio G. Barbeito, Francisco Acuna, Enrique L. Portiansky, Maria A. Miglino, Mirta A. Flamini
Chapter 14. Neuroanatomy and brain histological atlas of the South American plains vizcacha / Alejandro R. Schmidt, Alfredo D. Vitullo, Veronica B. Dorfman
Chapter 15. Post-implantation embryo development in the South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) / Noelia P. Leopardo, Pablo I. F. Inserra, Alfredo D. Vitullo
Chapter 16. Reproductive neuroendocrinology of the female South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus / Veronica B. Dorfman, Pablo I. F. Inserra, Alfredo D. Vitullo, Julia Halperin
Chapter 17. Synchronization of the pineal and pituitary morphophysiology by photoperiodic environmental signals / Veronica P. Filippa, Fabricio I. Busolini, Fabian H. Mohamed
Chapter 18. Histological changes in the male reproductive system during the annual reproductive cycle / Albana A. M. Cruceno, Eduardo M. Chaves, Claudia I. Aguilera Merlo, Fabian H. Mohamed
Chapter 19. Histological and histochemical characteristics of the intestinal tract: Morpho-functional specializations to herbivory / Maria F. Tano de la Hoz, Stefania Cohen, Mirta A. Flamini, Alcira O. Diaz
Luciano Luis Rasia is a PhD in Natural Sciences. He is an Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council) since 2019, working at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. He is a vertebrate palaeontologist specialising in caviomorph rodents. In his PhD dissertation, he studied the extinct chinchillids of Argentina. Now he is working mainly with extinct chinchillioids, with a focus on the evolution, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. He has collaborated in the study of many Cenozoic faunas of Argentina. He has been teaching Compared Anatomy at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (FCNYM - UNLP) since 2011.
Claudio Gustavo Barbeito is a PhD in Veterinary Sciences. He is the Principal Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), and his research focuses on the placenta and comparative placentation at the Laboratory of Histology and Descriptive, Experimental and Comparative Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata (FCV-UNLP). He is a Full Professor in Histology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology and General Pathology at FCV-UNLP.
Francisco Acuña is a PhD in Veterinary Sciences. He is an Assistant Researcher of CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), and his research focuses on reproductive and developmental biology at the Laboratory of Histology and Descriptive, Experimental and Comparative Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata (FCV-UNLP). He teaches Histology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology, and General Pathology at FCV-UNLP.
