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Tropical Zoology is an international zoological journal publishing original papers in the field of systematics, biogeography, phylogeny, ecology and conservation of all terrestrial and aquatic animal Phyla from tropical and subtropical areas. Only papers with new information, high quality and broad interest are considered. Single species description and checklists are not normally accepted. Review papers are welcome.

Tropical Zoology has an impact factor of 0.7 (2023; Science Citation Index Expanded) and it is present in many literature indexes and databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, Scimago, Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Essential Science Indicators, and many others.

  • First observation of mating behavior of the endangered forest musk deer Moschus berezovskii in the wild

    Dung Van Tran, Dai Viet Phan, Thinh Tien Vu, Ky A Lau, Nhung Thi Pham, Hoa Thi Pham, Thanh Chi Nguyen, Thong Van Pham, Andrew Tilker
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.186
    318
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  • Predicting the potential geographic distribution of geladas (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia based on MaxEnt ecological niche model: implication for conservation

    Alembrhan Assefa, Teklay Girmay
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.182
    273
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  • New records and new species of the troglobitic genus Xangoniscus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Styloniscidae) [Photograph courtesy by Campos-Filho et al. 2022]

    Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso, Rafaela Bastos-Pereira, Leila Aparecida Souza, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.195
    390
    PDF: 1

  • Life history of Mexican species of the genus Tlaloc (Cyprinodontiformes, Profundulidae)

    Manuel d.J. Anzueto-Calvo, Blanca C. Valeriano-Cabrera, Alejandra G. Aguilar-Decelis, Ernesto Velazquez-Velazquez, Genoveva Cerdenares Ladrón de Guevara, Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.160
    658
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  • Different habitat condition proportions on farms affect the structure and diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) communities

    Rodrigo Tec Pardillo, Lucrecia Arellano, Silvia López-Ortiz, Jesús Jarillo Rodríguez, Ilse J. Ortega Martínez, Martín Alfonso Mendoza Briseño, Mónica de la Cruz Vargas Mendoza
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.150
    644
    PDF: 12

  • New range record for Campbell’s monkeys (Cercopithecus campbelli) in West Africa

    Nadia Mirghani, Laia Dotras, Manuel Llana, Amanda Barciela, Justinn Renelies-Hamilton, R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Jordi Galbany
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.162
    514
    PDF: 10

  • Abundance, distribution and diet analysis of East African common mole rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) in farming fields of Dawachefa District, Northeast Ethiopia

    Gezahegn Degefe, Abdu Seid, Chirotaw Ayele
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.157
    705
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  • Review of the distribution, population trends, threats, and conservation options for the endangered Zambezi flapshell turtles (Cycloderma frenatum Peters, 1854) in range states

    Beaven Utete
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.146
    728
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  • A record of thanatological type behaviour in spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777)

    Terry-Lee Honiball, Jan Adriaan Venter
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.136
    763
    PDF: 5

  • Leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria: historical records and recent sightings

    Gonçalo Jesus, Pepeh Kamaya, Volker Sommer
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2023.137
    750
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  • The genus Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Colombia: new records, new species, and conservation comments

    Yesenia M. Carpio-Díaz, Carlos Mario López-Orozco, Ricardo Borja-Arrieta, Miguel Gutierrez-Estrada, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Stefano Taiti, Jhon Cesar Neita Moreno, Adriana Bermúdez, Gabriel R. Navas S., Maria Elina Bichuette
    https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2023.141
    753
    PDF: 374
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