Showing posts with label Carnivora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carnivora. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

[PaleoMammalogy • 2018] Allodesmus demerei • The Last of the Desmatophocid Seals: A New Species of Allodesmus from the upper Miocene of Washington, USA, and A Revision of the Taxonomy of Desmatophocidae ---ScRaBBlE

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Allodesmus demerei  Boessenecker & Churchill, 2018 @CoastalPaleo     DOI:   10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx098    Abstract The family Desmatopho...

[PaleoMammalogy • 2017] Siamogale melilutra • A New Otter of Giant Size (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora) from the latest Miocene Shuitangba Site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and A Total-Evidence Phylogeny of Lutrines ---ScRaBBlE

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Siamogale melilutra   Wang, Grohé, Su, White, Ji, Kelley, You & Yang, 2017 cmnh.org    DOI:  10.1080/14772019.2016.1267666   Abstract Ot...

[Mammalogy / Conservation • 2017] Natural Canopy Bridges Effectively Mitigate Tropical Forest Fragmentation for Arboreal Mammals ---ScRaBBlE

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DOI:  10.1038/s41598-017-04112-x    NationalZoo.SI.edu    Abstract Linear infrastructure development and resulting habitat fragmentation are...

[PaleoMammalogy • 2017] A Basal Ursine Bear (Protarctos abstrusus) from the Pliocene High Arctic reveals Eurasian Affinities and A Diet Rich in Fermentable Sugars ---ScRaBBlE

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Reconstruction of the mid-Pliocene  Protarctos abstrusus  in the Beaver Pond site area during the late summer. An extinct beaver,  Dipoides ...

[Ecology • 2017] The Ecological Significance of Secondary Seed Dispersal by Carnivores ---ScRaBBlE

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Abstract Animals play an important role in the seed dispersal of many plants. It is increasingly recognized, however, that the actions of a ...

[Mammalogy • 2019] Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800) • Solving A Long-standing Nomenclatorial Controversy: Designation of A Neotype for the Southern Sea Lion ---ScRaBBlE

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Otaria flavescens   (Shaw, 1800) in Lucero, Rodríguez, Teta, et al ., 2019.   DOI:   10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.13 During almost two centuries...