Alexandre R Percequillo

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I have a degree in Biology by the Universidade de São Paulo, in 1993. I also obtained MSc degree and DSc on Sciences, in Zoology, both at Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 1998 and 2003, respectively.
I am Associate Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura, in Piracicaba, since 2007 and Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York.
My research focus on the taxonomy, systematics, evolution and biogeography of small mammals, mainly rodents. I have extensive experience in field survey in all Brazilian Biomes, mainly in Amazon and Atlantic Forest.

Biodiversity Biogeography Evolutionary Studies Taxonomy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade de São Paulo

Work details

Associate Professor

Universidade de São Paulo

March 2007

Ciências Biológicas

I teach vertebrate zoology, applied zoology, mammalogy, history of biological tough, biogeography for undergraduate and graduate students. I also am a curator of a mammal collection. I conduct research on taxonomy, systematics, evolution and biogeography of small mammals, mainly rodents.

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 3

January 13, 2023

Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches

Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Nicolás Tinoco, Horacio Zeballos, Jorge Brito, Daniela Arenas-Viveros, David Marín-C, José Daniel Ramírez-Fernández, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Jr., Thomas E. Lee, Sergio Solari, Javier Colmenares-Pinzon, Carlos Nivelo, Bernal Rodríguez Herrera, William Merino, Cesar E. Medina, Oscar Murillo-García, Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14319 PubMed 36655048

November 10, 2020

A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia and Ecuador

Jorge Brito, Claudia Koch, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Nicolás Tinoco, Marcelo Weksler, C. Miguel Pinto, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10247 PubMed 33240614

December 15, 2017

How many species of mammals are there in Brazil? New records of rare rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Amazonia raise the current known diversity

Alexandre R. Percequillo, Jeronymo Dalapicolla, Edson F. Abreu-Júnior, Paulo Ricardo O. Roth, Katia M.P.M.B. Ferraz, Elisandra A. Chiquito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4071 PubMed 29259840