Part I: Evolutionary History * Chapter 1: Two hundred years of studies on plains vizcachas Claudio G. Barbeito, Francisco Acuña, 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 Álvarez * Chapter 5: Genetic variation across Lagostomus maximus' geographical distribution in Argentina María C.
Gariboldi, Pablo I. F. Inserra, Juan I. Túnez, 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. Pardiñas * Chapter 7: Use of the vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) by indigenous societies in the Pampas ecoregion (Argentina) Agustina Massigoge, Juan M.
Rodríguez, María C. Álvarez, María A. Gutiérrez, 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. Guzmán * Chapter 9: Plains vizcacha endoparasites: an exploration of diversity, health and ecology Victoria Canova, María del Rosario Robles, Agustín 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 Acuña, Mirta A. Flamini, Claudio G. Barbeito, Enrique L. Portiansky * Chapter 12: Poly-implantation and embryonic death Francisco Acuña, Enrique L. Portiansky, María A. Miglino, Mirta A. Flamini, Claudio G. Barbeito * Chapter 13: Placentation and placenta Claudio G.
Barbeito, Francisco Acuña, Enrique L. Portiansky, María A. Miglino, Mirta A. Flamini * Chapter 14: Neuroanatomy and brain histological atlas of the South American plains vizcacha Alejandro R. Schmidt, Alfredo D. Vitullo, Verónica 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 Verónica B. Dorfman, Pablo I. F. Inserra, Alfredo D. Vitullo, Julia Halperin * Chapter 17: Synchronization of the pineal and pituitary morphophysiology by photoperiodic environmental signals Verónica 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. Cruceño, 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 María F. Tano de la Hoz, Stefanía Cohen, Mirta A.
Flamini, Alcira O. Díaz.