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Caatinga

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Caa`tin´ga
n.1.(Phytogeography) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.


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Ecology of small mammals in the Semiarid Brazilian Caatinga I.
In this denuded landscape, the sole survivor engages in a daily survival routine, foraging for food among cacti, sage and prickly stunted trees known as caatinga.
Group 2 includes specimens from all non-Andean populations, whose origins comprise three biogeographic regions: Chaco (Bolivian and Paraguayan Boreal Chaco, and Austral Chaco of Argentina), Pampeana (Uruguay), and Caatinga (Brazil) (Figure 2A, B, C; Figure 3).
 
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