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ArticleEcology and evolution2024

Springing into action: Comparing escape responses between bipedal and quadrupedal rodents.

Grace A Freymiller, Malachi D Whitford, Craig P McGowan, Timothy E Higham, Rulon W Clark

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Grace A FreymillerDepartment of Biology Clovis Community College Fresno California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-0610
Malachi D WhitfordDepartment of Biology Clovis Community College Fresno California USA.
Craig P McGowanKeck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles California USA.
Timothy E HighamDepartment of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology University of California, Riverside Riverside California USA.
Rulon W ClarkDepartment of Biology San Diego State University San Diego California USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predation is a fundamental selective pressure on animal morphology, as morphology is directly linked with physical performance and evasion. Bipedal heteromyid rodents, which are characterized by unique morphological traits such as enlarged hindlimbs, appear to be more successful than sympatric quadrupedal rodents at escaping predators such as snakes and owls, but no studies have directly compared the escape performance of bipedal and quadrupedal rodents. We used simulated predator attacks to compare the evasive jumping ability of bipedal kangaroo rats (

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antipredatorground squirrelkangaroo ratpocket mousepredator–preywoodrat

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PMID39310732
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