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  1. Origins and Diversification of the Caatinga Dry Forest Endemic Avifauna

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  2. Comparative and functional anatomy of masticatory muscles and bite force in opossums (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • The Anatomical Record, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  3. Ontogeny of the masticatory muscles in the opossum Didelphis albiventris (Marsupialia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  4. Coat color in Thylamys karimii (Petter, 1968) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northeastern Brazil: intraspecific variation and geographic distribution

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Diego Astúa

  5. Evolution, divergence, and convergence in the mandibles of opossums (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia)

    Article • Current Zoology, June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  6. Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa, Dr Yuri L. R. Leite

  7. Environmental conditions differently affect the wing size and shape of two blow fly species (Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in the Brazilian tropical ecosystems

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  8. Food Habits of American Marsupials

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  9. Marsupials from the South American “Dry Diagonal”: Diversity, Endemism, and Biogeographic History

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  10. Morphology, Form, and Function in Didelphid Marsupials

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  11. Taxonomic Checklist of Living American Marsupials

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  12. Mammal collections in Brazil

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy, December 2021, Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Mastozoologia

    Dr Diego Astúa

  13. NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

    Article • Ecology, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr octavio monroy-vilchis, Dr Mariana M. Vale, Dr Diego Astúa, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr. Raone Beltrão-Mendes

  14. A successful multiple litter adoption in a nursing southern black-eared opossum, Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Behaviour, September 2020, Brill

    Dr Diego Astúa

  15. Landmark-based geometric morphometrics as a tool for the characterization of biogeographically isolated populations of the pollinator scarab beetle Erioscelis emarginata (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Diego Astúa

  16. NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics

    Article • Ecology, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo S Bovendorp, Jeffrey J Thompson Thompson, Dr Diego Astúa, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr. Raone Beltrão-Mendes

  17. Abundance of small mammals in the Atlantic Forest (ASMAF): a data set for analyzing tropical community patterns

    Article • Ecology, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Rui Cerqueira, Dr Diego Astúa

  18. Mammals of the Caatinga: Diversity, Ecology, Biogeography, and Conservation

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Diego Astúa

  19. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Yuri L. R. Leite, Mark D. Scherz, Luiz Malabarba, Professor Jean-Lou Justine, Dr Santiago Claramunt, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse, Charles Morphy Santos, Dr Diego Astúa

  20. Cranial and chromosomal geographic variation in manatees (Mammalia: Sirenia: Trichechidae) with the description of the Antillean manatee karyotype in Brazil

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  21. Orbit orientation in didelphid marsupials (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

    Article • Current Zoology, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  22. An additional record for the rare Black-Shouldered Opossum Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Northwestern Brazil

    Article • Check List, June 2016, Check List Journal

    Dr Diego Astúa

  23. Geographic variation in cranial morphology of the Water Opossum Chironectes minimus (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Diego Astúa

  24. Cranial morphometric analyses of the cryptic rodent species Akodon cursor and Akodon montensis (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae)

    Article • Oecologia Australis, October 2015, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Diego Astúa

  25. Inter and intraspecific differences in food resources selection and use in captive Philander frenatus and Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia; Didelphidae)

    Article • Oecologia Australis, October 2015, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Diego Astúa

  26. Morphometrics of the largest New World marsupials, opossums of the genus Didelphis (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Oecologia Australis, October 2015, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Diego Astúa

  27. First evidence of gregarious denning in opossums (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), with notes on their social behaviour

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Diego Astúa

  28. Geographic variation in Caluromys derbianus and Caluromys lanatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), April 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  29. Bite force and encephalization in the Canidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)

    Article • Journal of Zoology, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  30. Do young Carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) present higher infestation rates of Streblidae (Diptera)?

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Biology, August 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  31. Distribution of Oecomys catherinae Thomas, 1909 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in northeastern Brazil with karyotypical and morphometrical notes

    Article • Biota Neotropica, June 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  32. Cranial sexual dimorphism in New World marsupials and a test of Rensch's rule in Didelphidae

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  33. Small mammals in Barn Owl (Tyto alba – Aves, Strigiformes) pellets from Northeastern Brazil, with new records of Gracilinanus and Cryptonanus (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Diego Astúa

  34. Non-volant mammals, Parque Nacional do Catimbau, Vale do Catimbau, Buíque, state of Pernambuco, Brazil, with karyologic data

    Article • Check List, March 2010, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Diego Astúa

  35. On the occurrence of the Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) (Mammalia, Mustelidae) in Northeastern Brazil

    Article • Mammalia, January 2010, De Gruyter

    Dr Diego Astúa

  36. Distribution extension and sympatric occurrence of Gracilinanus agilis and G. microtarsus (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), with cytogenetic notes

    Article • Biota Neotropica, December 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  37. EVOLUTION OF SCAPULA SIZE AND SHAPE IN DIDELPHID MARSUPIALS (DIDELPHIMORPHIA: DIDELPHIDAE)

    Article • Evolution, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  38. Tooth Eruption Sequence and Replacement Pattern in Woolly Opossums, GenusCaluromys(Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, February 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Diego Astúa

  39. ICVM-8 abstracts

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Diego Astúa

  40. Early reproductive onset in the white-eared opossum, Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, September 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Diego Astúa

  41. Range extension and first Brazilian record of the rare Hyladelphys kalinowskii (Hershkovitz, 1992) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) / Extension de distribution et première occurrence au Brésil du rare Hyladelphys kalinowskii (Hershkovitz, 1992) (Didelphi...

    Article • Mammalia, January 2006, De Gruyter

    Dr Diego Astúa

  42. Range extension and first Brazilian record of the rare Hyladelphys kalinowskii (Hershkovitz, 1992) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) / Extension de distribution et première occurrence au Brésil du rare Hyladelphys kalinowskii (Hershkovitz, 1992) (Didelphi...

    Article • Mammalia, January 2006, De Gruyter

    Dr Diego Astúa

  43. Comparative gross morphology of the digestive tract in ten Didelphidae marsupial species

    Article • Mammalia, January 2004, De Gruyter

    Dr Diego Astúa

  44. Natural Diet at a Restinga Forest and Laboratory Food Preferences of the Opossum Philander frenata in Brazil

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Diego Astúa

  45. Diet composition of Metachirus nudicaudatus and Didelphis aurita (Marsupialia, Didelphoidea) in Southeastern Brazil

    Article • Mammalia, January 1995, De Gruyter

    Dr Diego Astúa