Quantitative assessment of masticatory muscles based on skull muscle attachment areas in Carnivora
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Masticatory muscles are composed of the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles in mammals. Each muscle has a different origin on the skull and insertion on the mandible; thus, all masticatory muscles contract in different directions. Collecting in vivo data and directly measuring the masticatory muscles anatomically in various Carnivora ...
Kai Ito +4 more
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Conserving Asian elephants: Economic issues illustrated by Sri Lankan concerns [PDF]
, 2001 Provides background on the nature and status of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus and compares it with the African elephant Loxodonta africana. An overview is also provided of the literature that considers economic issues involved in the conservation of
Bandara, Ranjith, Tisdell, Clem
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract An exquisitely preserved, isolated partial petrosal with associated fragmentary stapes is described from the Vastan Lignite Mine (Gujarat, India), dated to the early Eocene (~54.5 Ma). Several anatomical traits (e.g., large petrosal plate; posterolateral entry of the internal carotid artery to the tympanic cavity; bony tubes surrounding the ...
Mary T. Silcox +8 more
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Asian elephants in China: estimating population size and evaluating habitat suitability.
PLoS ONE, 2015 We monitored the last remaining Asian elephant populations in China over the past decade. Using DNA tools and repeat genotyping, we estimated the population sizes from 654 dung samples collected from various areas.
Li Zhang +7 more
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PLoS Biology, 2010 To elucidate the history of living and extinct elephantids, we generated 39,763 bp of aligned nuclear DNA sequence across 375 loci for African savanna elephant, African forest elephant, Asian elephant, the extinct American mastodon, and the woolly ...
Nadin Rohland +7 more
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Birth Statistics for African (\u3cem\u3eLoxodonta africana\u3c/em\u3e) and Asian (\u3cem\u3eElephas maximus\u3c/em\u3e) Elephants in Human Care: History and Implications for Elephant Welfare [PDF]
, 2010 African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) have lived in the care of humans for many years, yet there is no consensus concerning some basic parameters describing their newborn calves.
Dale, Robert H.I.
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Clade‐wide morphological and functional variation of the sauropsid columella
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The columella (=stapes) is the middle ear bone of reptiles that transmits vibrations from the environment to the inner ear. It has been shown to exhibit extensive interspecific morphological disparity in several clades; however, its morphological variation and associated functional consequences remain poorly described.
John Peacock +4 more
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Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas [PDF]
Ziyuan Kexue[Objective] In the context of increasing conflicts between humans and Asian elephants, this study aims to elucidate the characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use transition in conflict areas and explore the mutual feedback relationship between ...
WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei
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Observations on the length of the intestinal tract of African Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797) and Asian elephants Elephas maximus (Linné 1735) [PDF]
, 2018 The digestive tract of elephants is surprisingly short compared to other herbivorous mammals. However, measurements relating the length of the intestine to the body mass of the respective individual are rare.
Clauss, Marcus +6 more
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Elephant cognition in primate perspective [PDF]
, 2009 On many of the staple measures of comparative psychology, elephants show no obvious differences from other mammals, such as primates: discrimination learning, memory, spontaneous tool use, etc. However, a range of more naturalistic measures have recently
Bates, Lucy +2 more
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