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Insights on the role of forest cover and on the changes in forest cover on thirty-five endangered mammal species distributions [PDF]

, 2019
The changes in forest cover can determine the survival of terrestrial endangered mammal species in the wild. This study assessed the impacts of forest cover changes on endangered mammal species distribution at global scale aiming to understand how the ...
Laze, Kuenda
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Changeover from signalling to energy-provisioning lipids during transition from colostrum to mature milk in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) [PDF]

, 2016
Among the large placental mammals, ursids give birth to the most altricial neonates with the lowest neonatal:maternal body mass ratios. This is particularly exemplified by giant pandas.
Hou, Rong, Kennedy, Malcolm W., Loeffler, I. Kati, Watson, David G., Zhang, Rong, Zhang, Tong   +5 more
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South American giant short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens) diet: evidence from pathology, morphology, stable isotopes, and biomechanics [PDF]

, 2014
Fil: Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor. División Paleontología Vertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Grinspan, Gustavo A.. Núcleo de Biomecánica. Espacio Interdisciplinario.
Acosta, Walter G., Blanco, Ernesto R., Bocherens, Hervé, Grinspan, Gustavo A., Jones, Washington, Prevosti, Francisco, Soibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor   +6 more
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Captive pandas are at risk from environmental toxins [PDF]

, 2016
Ex situ conservation efforts are the last resort for many critically endangered species, and captive breeding centers are thought to provide a safe environment for producing individuals for eventual re-introduction to the wild.
Abella, Brahmia, Christensen, Dai, Eqani, Fernandez-Rodriguez, Fiedler, Gustavson, Imamura, Li, Liu, Liu, Lohmann, Mai, Neal, Qiu, Seinfeld, Sfriso, Uddh-Soderberg, Van den Berg, Yang, Zhang, Zhu   +22 more
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca

, 1982
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869). Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 5: 12 - 13. REVIEWED BY: S. Wang (SW). TYPE LOCALITY: China, Szechwan, Moupin. DISTRIBUTION: Szechwan, Shensi, Kansu; perhaps Tsinghai, on E. edge of Tibetan plateau (China).
James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl   +2 more
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Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal an Explosive Radiation of Extinct and Extant Bears near the Miocene-Pliocene Boundary [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Despite being one of the most studied families within the Carnivora, the phylogenetic relationships among the members of the bear family (Ursidae) have long remained unclear.
Bray, Sarah C. E., Briggs, Adrian W., Cooper, Alan, Dear, Paul H., Hofreiter, Michael, Kolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis, Krause, Johannes, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Matheus, Paul, Nocon, Aline, O\u27Brien, Stephen J., Paabo, Svante, Rabeder, Gernot, Slatkin, Montgomery, Soibelzon, Leopoldo, Spriggs, Helen, Stiller, Mathias, Unger, Tina   +17 more
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Identification of a novel circovirus in blood sample of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021
The members of the family Circoviridae are considered to be one of the smallest autonomously replicating viruses that are classified into two genera, Circovirus and Cyclovirus. Circoviruses have been found in a variety of vertebrates, but whether they infect endangered protected animals has not been studied in much detail.
Li Ma, Wen Zhang, Xiaochun Wang, Shixing Yang, Zhanghao Feng, Hao Wang, Tianji Zhou, Ziyuan Dai, Quan Shen   +8 more
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Shape at the cross-roads: Homoplasy and history in the evolution of the carnivoran skull towards herbivory [PDF]

, 2010
Patterns of skull shape in Carnivora provide examples of parallel and convergent evolution for similar ecomorphological adaptations. However, although most researchers report on skull homoplasies among hypercarnivorous taxa, evolutionary trends towards ...
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja, Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul, Serrano Alarcón, Francisco José, Slater, Graham   +3 more
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A novel polyomavirus from the nasal cavity of a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) [PDF]

Virology Journal, 2017
Polyomaviruses infect a wide variety of mammalian and avian hosts with a broad spectrum of outcomes including asymptomatic infection, acute systemic disease, and tumor induction.Viral metagenomics and general PCR methods were used to detected viral nucleic acid in the samples from a diseased and healthy giant pandas.A novel polyomavirus, the giant ...
Wenlei Bi, Xutao Deng, Jacob Robert Owens, Lisong Zheng, Rong Hou, Feifei Feng, Feng Huang, Eric Delwart, Wen Zhang, Zhijian Liu, Zhihe Zhang, Dunwu Qi, Dunwu Qi, Tongling Shan   +13 more
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Prospective study on the excretion of mucous stools and its association with age, gender, and feces output in captive giant pandas [PDF]

, 2019
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has evolved a large number of mucous glands in the intestinal lining to adapt to the digestion of high-fiber foods.
Li C., Li Z., Liu D., Liu X., Liu Y., Lu Y., Ma T., Padalino B., Wang B., Xu H., Zhao J.   +10 more
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