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Caracal caracal(Carnivora: Felidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2020
AbstractCaracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) is a felid commonly called the caracal. It is a slender, medium-sized cat (5.8–22 kg) characterized by a short tail and long ear tufts. C. caracal has a wide distribution and is found throughout Africa, north to the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, central and southwest Asia into India; its habitat includes ...
Amanda M Veals, Alexandra D Burnett, Marina Morandini, Marine Drouilly, John L Koprowski   +4 more
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Morphological diversity of saber‐tooth upper canines and its functional implications

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Elongated upper canine teeth, commonly known as saber‐teeth, have evolved three times within the sub‐order Feliformia. The species that wielded them flourished throughout the Cenozoic and have historically been separated into two morphological groups: the dirk‐tooths with longer, flatter canines, and the scimitar‐tooths with shorter, serrated ...
Caitlin D. Shelbourne, Stephan Lautenschlager   +1 more
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Hypercanines: Not just for sabertooths

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hypercanines are here defined as hypertrophied caniniform teeth, that is, canine teeth that are elongated to serve specific functions in different clades of mammals and their synapsid ancestors. This article presents an overview of the occurrence of hypercanines, their growth, and their function across a broad range of clades.
Lars Werdelin
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Comments on Percrocuta carnifex (Carnivora, Percrocutidae) based on new fossil material from the Nagri Formation (Middle Siwaliks) of Hasnot, Pakistan

Geologica 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, M. Akhtar, M.A. Khan, M.A. Babar   +3 more
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Myological and osteological approaches to gape and bite force reconstruction in Smilodon fatalis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Masticatory gape and bite force are important behavioral and ecological variables. While much has been written about the highly derived masticatory anatomy of Smilodon fatalis, there remains a great deal of debate about their masticatory behaviors.
Ashley R. Deutsch, Arin Berger, Lara L. Martens, Benjamin R. Witt, Rachel L. J. Smith, Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +5 more
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Ontogeny of the malleus in Mesocricetus auratus (Mammalia, Rodentia): Systematic and functional implications for the muroid middle ear

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The three mammalian auditory ossicles enhance sound transmission from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. The anterior anchoring of the malleus is one of the key characters for functional classification of the auditory ossicles. Previous studies revealed a medial outgrowth of the mallear anterior process, the processus internus ...
Franziska Fritzsche, Wolfgang Maier, Irina Ruf   +2 more
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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, Mugino O. Kubo, Ryo Kodera, Sei‐ichiro Takeda, Hideki Endo   +4 more
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Development of short‐target primers for species identification in biological studies of Carnivora

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Noninvasive genetic sampling greatly facilitates studies on the genetics, ecology, and conservation of threatened species. Species identification is often a prerequisite for noninvasive sampling‐based biological studies.
Huiwen Liu, Dan Wang, Chenglin Zhang, Tianchun Pu, Lijuan Xiong, Fuwen Wei, Yibo Hu   +6 more
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Genomic representation predicts an asymptotic host adaptation of bat coronaviruses using deep learning

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionCoronaviruses (CoVs) are naturally found in bats and can occasionally cause infection and transmission in humans and other mammals. Our study aimed to build a deep learning (DL) method to predict the adaptation of bat CoVs to other mammals ...
Jing Li, Fengjuan Tian, Sen Zhang, Shun-Shuai Liu, Xiao-Ping Kang, Ya-Dan Li, Jun-Qing Wei, Wei Lin, Zhongyi Lei, Ye Feng, Jia-Fu Jiang, Tao Jiang, Yigang Tong   +12 more
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Histochemical indications for a chemically complex signal produced by the cervical gill slit gland of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) possesses an exocrine gland associated with its false gill slit pigmentation pattern. The cervical gill slit gland is a compound tubuloalveolar gland that produces a holocrine secretion and displays maturational changes in size and secretory histology. While the morphology of the cervical gill slit gland
Tiffany F. Keenan, William A. McLellan, Sentiel A. Rommel, Alexander M. Costidis, Craig A. Harms, J. G. M. Thewissen, Susan J. Rehorek, David S. Rotstein, Mark D. Gay, Alison R. Taylor, Heather N. Koopman, Ying Wang, Stephanie Kamel, D. Ann Pabst   +13 more
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