Diversity of Neotropical rodents (Rodentia: Sciuridae, Cricetidae, Echimyidae): Origin, Evolution and Biogeography

• Grant number: 22/16202-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2023
• Status: Discontinued
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Reis Percequillo
• Grantee: Sergio David Bolívar Leguizamón
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/11444-0 - Diversity of neotropical rodents (Rodentia: Sciuridae, Cricetidae, Echimyidae): origin, evolution and biogeography, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/01234-2 - Comparative phylogeography and evolution of the Echimyidae group (Rodentia) using Next-Generation genomics, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

With a large part of the biodiversity of mammals represented by rodents, this group of mammals has been the focus of different studies that seek to better understand its diversification processes. However, it is still unclear how incomplete taxonomic sampling, more robust phylogenetic hypotheses and geography can influence the inference of these diversification processes. Thus, the present proposal seeks to make use of genomic data (Ultraconserved Elements - UCEs -) and modern analytical approaches to identify macroevolutionary changes in three families of Neotropical rodents (Sciuridae, Cricetidae, Echimyidae).

Scientific publications

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BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; CORREA, ALINE HENRIQUE; BENCKE, GLAYSON ARIEL; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.. Museomics resolves 200 years of taxonomic uncertainty: Strix pulsatrix Wied, 1820 (Strigiformes, Strigidae) is a valid species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 215, p. 14-pg., 2025-11-08. (22/16202-0, 15/00370-8, 17/23548-2)

BOCALINI, FERNANDA; BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; VAZ, RUAN V.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.. Integrating genomic and vocal evidence to reassess species' limits and the biogeography of a widely distributed Neotropical passerine, the white-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus (Aves: Platyrhinchidae). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 206, n. 1, p. 22-pg., 2026-01-01. (23/11086-5, 15/16092-7, 20/16065-8, 17/23548-2, 22/16202-0)

BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.. The role of biogeographical barriers on the historical dynamics of passerine birds with a circum-Amazonian distribution. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 14, n. 3, p. 24-pg., 2024-03-01. (20/16065-8, 22/16202-0, 17/23548-2, 15/16092-7, 12/23852-0)

BOCALINI, FERNANDA; BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; SILVEIRA, LUIS F.; BRAVO, GUSTAVO A.. Amazonian colonization from the Atlantic Forest: New perspectives on the connections of South American tropical forests. Molecular Ecology, v. 32, n. 24, p. 22-pg., 2023-10-30. (15/16092-7, 22/16202-0)

LIMA, RAFAEL DANTAS; BOLIVAR-LEGUIZAMON, SERGIO D.; BOCALINI, FERNANDA; MARCONDES, RAFAEL S.; BRUMFIELD, ROBB T.; SILVEIRA, LUIS FABIO. Geographic variation, population genetic structure, and taxonomy of the Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 205, n. 2, p. 23-pg., 2025-10-01. (22/16202-0, 17/23548-2, 22/13077-0, 21/10339-1)