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The evolution, distribution and diversity of endogenous circoviral elements in vertebrate genomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Circoviruses (family Circoviridae) are small, non-enveloped viruses that have short, single-stranded DNA genomes. Circovirus sequences are frequently recovered in metagenomic investigations, indicating that these viruses are widespread, yet they remain ...
Dennis, Tristan P.W.   +5 more
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Taxonomic revision of the pampas cat Leopardus colocola complex (Carnivora: Felidae): an integrative approach

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020
The pampas cat Leopardus colocola has been subject to conflicting classifications over the years. Currently, one polytypic species with seven subspecies is recognized, but integrative taxonomic study for this debated group has never been done.
F. O. Nascimento   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Una nueva especie de Adelpharctos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae) del Oligoceno Superior de las “Fosforitas de Quercy” (Francia)

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2011
El género Adelpharctos era solo conocido por una especie A. mirus representada por una única mandibular (p2-m2) procedente de las colecciones antiguas del Quercy, cuya edad geológica es desconocida.
L. de Bonis
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative genomics of the Leukocyte Receptor Complex in carnivores

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundThe mammalian Leukocyte Receptor Complex (LRC) chromosomal region may contain gene families for the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and/or leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LILR) collections as well as various framing genes.
April L. Jelinek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comments on Percrocuta carnifex (Carnivora, Percrocutidae) based on new fossil material from the Nagri Formation (Middle Siwaliks) of Hasnot, Pakistan

open access: yesGeologica Acta, 2019
New dentary material of Percrocuta carnifex (Pilgrim, 1913) from the Nagri Formation ofHasnot, Pakistan, is described. Specimens of this species from the Siwalik continental deposits described by previous authors are discussed in detail.
A. Ghaffar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel record of aardwolf Proteles cristata feeding behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Terrestrial members of the order Carnivora show great variation in their diet; some specialising on vertebrates, invertebrates, or plant matter, whereas others are omnivores or scavengers (Bekoff et al, 1984).
MacTavish, L, Yarnell, RW
core   +1 more source

Musteloidea (Carnivora, Mammalia) del Mioceno Superior de Venta del Moro (Valencia, España)

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2011
Se describen los Musteloidea procedentes del Mioceno terminal (MN13) de Venta del Moro (Valencia, España). Se han determinado los siguientes taxones: Martes ginsburgi nov.
P. Montoya, J. Morales, J. Abella
doaj   +1 more source

Nyctereutes terblanchei: The raccoon dog that never was [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Fossils of the raccoon dog (genus Nyctereutes) are particularly rare in the African PlioPleistocene record, whilst the sole living representative, Nyctereutes procyonoides, is found in eastern Asia and parts of Europe. In southern Africa, only one fossil
Reynolds, Sally C.
core   +2 more sources

On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm : redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Prophoca and Leptophoca represent the oldest known genera of phocine seals, dating from the latest early to middle Miocene. Originally, Prophoca rousseaui and Prophoca proxima were described based on fragmentary remains from the Miocene of ...
Dewaele, Leonard   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Pathways for transfer and spreading of Aujeszky’s disease to carnivora [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski Glasnik, 2006
Aujeszky’s disease (Morbus Aujeszky) is an acute viral contagious disease occurring in a large number of domestic and wild animals. This epizootiological disease has been present in our country for quite some time now, and it has been increasingly ...
Pušić Ivan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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