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Comparative analysis of the diet of members of the families Mustelidae and Canidae

Theriologia Ukrainica, 2021
The article analyzes 151 food samples of carnivoran mammals of two families. It was found that the diet includes 49 food items in the studied species of the family Canidae and 42 items in species of the family Mustelidae, of both plant and animal origin.
Mariia Martsiv, Ihor Dykyy
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Rensching cats and dogs: feeding ecology and fecundity trends explain variation in the allometry of sexual size dimorphism [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
The tendency for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) to increase with body mass in taxa where males are larger, and to decrease when females are larger, is known as Rensch's rule.
P. J. Johnson, M. J. Noonan, A. C. Kitchener, L. A. Harrington, C. Newman, D. W. Macdonald   +5 more
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The situation of the wolf (<em>Canis lupus</em>) in the area of the Regional Park of the Simbruini Mountains / La situazione del Lupo (<em>Canis lupus</em>) nell'area del Parco Naturale Regionale dei Monti Simbruini

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1992
<strong>Abstract</strong> This work presents the results of a field research on the species <em>Canis lupus</em> in the Regional Park of the Simbruini Mountains.
Paolo Verucci
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Monogamy: Cause, Consequence, or Corollary of Success in Wild Canids?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The Canidae are successful, being a widespread, abundant, speciose, and adaptable family. Several canids in particular have recently experienced rapid expansions in range and abundance, with similar situations mirrored on several continents by different ...
David W. Macdonald, David W. Macdonald, Liz A. D. Campbell, Liz A. D. Campbell, Jan F. Kamler, Jan F. Kamler, Jorgelina Marino, Jorgelina Marino, Geraldine Werhahn, Geraldine Werhahn, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri   +11 more
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Felidae and Canidae postcranial database [PDF]

, 2011
Felidae and Canidae postcranial ...
Meachen-Samuels, Julie, Blaire Van Valkenburgh (246307), Van Valkenburgh, Blaire, Julie Meachen-Samuels (3243018)   +3 more
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Fleas as parasites of the family Canidae [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2011
Historically, flea-borne diseases are among the most important medical diseases of humans. Plague and murine typhus are known for centuries while the last years brought some new flea-transmitted pathogens, like R. felis and Bartonella henselae. Dogs may play an essential or an accidental role in the natural transmission cycle of flea-borne pathogens ...
Pfeffer Martin, Dobler Gerhard
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Presencia de Vulpes praeglacialis (Kormos, 1932) en el yacimiento pleistoceno de la Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia)

Estudios Geologicos, 2006
En el presente trabajo se describen los primeros restos de un cánido en el Pleistoceno inferior de la Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia), ampliándose la escasa representación de carnívoros en el yacimiento.
J. A. Carlos Calero, P. Montoya, M. A. Mancheño, J. Morales   +3 more
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NIMRAVID.E AND MIOCENE CANIDAE [PDF]

Science, 1880
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Duplication, Loss, and Evolutionary Features of Specific UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Genes in Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria)

Animals, 2022
UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are one of the most important enzymes for xenobiotic metabolism or detoxification. Through duplication and loss of genes, mammals evolved the species-specific variety of UGT isoforms. Among mammals, Carnivora is one of
Mitsuki Kondo, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M. M. Nakayama, Yusuke K. Kawai, Mayumi Ishizuka   +4 more
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Distribution. W in Canidae [PDF]

, 2009
Distribution. W lowland Amazonia. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Canidae, pp.
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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