Besides findings from Mikrotia , a marked trend towards aridification on Gargano archipelago has been also invoked through the evolutionary pattern found in the lagomorph Prolagus (a very distant relative of extant pikas) 44 , and the disappareance in biozone 4 of micromammals normally present in all localities, as is the case of the cricetids that cease to exist in the area interval 44 .
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Disentangling adaptive evolutionary radiations and the role of diet in promoting diversification on islands.
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