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Growing sabers: Mandibular shape and biomechanical performance trajectories during the ontogeny of Smilodon fatalis

The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 11, Page 2976-2993, November 2025.
Abstract The evolution of organisms can be studied through the lens of developmental systems, as the timing of development of morphological features is an important aspect to consider when studying a phenotype. Such data can be challenging to obtain in fossil amniotes owing to the scarcity of their fossil record. However, the numerous remains of Rancho
Narimane Chatar, Romain Boman, Valentin Fischer, Valentina Segura, Clara Julémont, Z. Jack Tseng   +5 more
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Complex associations between cancer progression and immune gene expression reveals early influence of transmissible cancer on Tasmanian devils

Frontiers in Immunology
The world’s largest extant carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil, is challenged by Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a fatal, clonally transmitted cancer. In two decades, DFTD has spread across 95% of the species distributional range.
Nynke Raven, Marcel Klaassen, Thomas Madsen, Menna Jones, David G. Hamilton, Manuel Ruiz-Aravena, Frederic Thomas, Rodrigo K. Hamede, Beata Ujvari   +8 more
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Baylisascaris tasmaniensis sp.nov. in marsupial carnivores: heirloom or souvenir?

Parasitology, 1970
A new species of ascaridoid nematode, Baylisascaris tasmaniensis, is described from three marsupial carnivores of Tasmania, namely Sarcophilus harrisi, Dasyurus viverrinus, and Dasyurops maculatus. The new species is differentiated from other species in the genus Baylisascaris and the phylogenetic affinities within the genus are discussed in relation ...
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Evolutionary Biology of the Australian Carnivorous Marsupial Genus Antechinus [PDF]

, 2017
Antechinus is an Australian genus of small carnivorous marsupials. Since 2012, the number of described species in the genus has increased by 50% from ten to fifteen. The systematic relationships of these new species and others in the genus have not been well resolved and a broad phylogeographic study of the genus is lacking. Moreover, little ecological
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Population dynamics of desert mammals: similarities and contrasts within a multispecies assemblage

Ecosphere, 2016
Understanding the temporal and spatial dynamics of species populations remains a key focus of population biology, providing vital insight into the drivers that influence demography and into sub‐populations that are vulnerable to extinction.
Aaron C. Greenville, Glenda M. Wardle, Vuong Nguyen, Chris R. Dickman   +3 more
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Uniformity in the basal metabolic rate of marsupials: its causes and consequences Uniformidad en la tasa metabólica basal de marsupiales: sus causas y consecuencias

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2005
Most of the variation (98.8 %) in basal rate of metabolism (BMR) in 70 species of marsupials is correlated with body mass, although lowland species have higher basal rates than highland species and burrowers have lower basal rates than non-burrowers ...
BRIAN K. MACNAB
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Dietary protein supplementation and its consequences for intake, digestion, and physical activity of a carnivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2018
Yuan L, Wilder S, Raubenheimer D, Simpson SJ, Shaw M, McAllan BM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Who's on the menu : marsupial carnivore feeding ecology and extinction risk

, 2013
The aim of this thesis is to assess the role of diet in the extinction of Australia's iconic marsupial carnivore, the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in Tasmania. Herein, we present two novel techniques to address fundamental questions regarding their maximum prey size and potential competition with sympatric predators.
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Marsupial position on life-history continua and the potential contribution of life-history traits to population growth. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2023
Ferreira MS, Dickman CR, Fisher DO, Figueiredo MSL, Vieira MV.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Clade-specific forebrain cytoarchitectures of the extinct Tasmanian tiger. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Haines E, Bailey E, Nelson J, Fenlon LR, Suárez R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source