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Vicariant speciation resulting from biogeographic barriers in the Australian tropics: The case of the red‐cheeked dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae)

Ecology and Evolution
Global biodiversity loss continues unabated, and in Australia, the rate of recent mammal extinctions is among the worst in the world. Meanwhile, the diversity among and within many endemic mammal species remains undescribed.
Linette S. Umbrello, Hayley Newton, Andrew M. Baker, Kenny J. Travouillon, Michael Westerman   +4 more
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The Hidden Diet: Determining the Distribution of the Threatened Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) Using Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica delicatula) Pellets

Ecology and Evolution
Approximately 30% of the world's biodiversity has been threatened or driven to extinction since the 1500s, with Australia losing 10% of its endemic terrestrial mammal species in the last 200 years.
Dana A. Lockhart, Joshua J. Bon, Cameron L. Charley, Stephen G. Kearney, Pia Schoenefuss, Emma L. Gray, Andrew M. Baker   +6 more
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Spontaneous Lesions of Endangered Geriatric Julia Creek Dunnarts (Sminthopsis douglasi, Archer 1979) with Emphasis in Reproductive Pathology [PDF]

Veterinary Sciences
Julia Creek dunnarts are an endangered species of carnivorous marsupials and the focus of multiple conservation strategies involving significant resources such as captive breeding programs.
Viviana Gonzalez-Astudillo, Andrea Schaffer-White, Lawrence Noble, Patricia O’Hara, Peter Murray, Tamsin S. Barnes, Rachel Allavena   +6 more
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Density of a cryptic Australian small mammal: The threatened Julia Creek dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Globally, hundreds of mammal species face the threat of extinction in the coming decades, and in many cases, their ecology remains poorly understood. Fundamental ecological knowledge is crucial for effective conservation management of these species, but ...
Alice H. Bakker, Charlotte R. Patterson, Greg Mifsud, April E. Reside, Susan Fuller, Andrew M. Baker   +5 more
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Owl Pellet Content Analysis Proves an Effective Technique to Monitor a Population of Threatened Julia Creek Dunnarts (Sminthopsis douglasi) Throughout a Native Rodent Plague

Ecology and Evolution
Logistical, environmental and temporal considerations can limit the effectiveness of long‐term live trapping for small mammals in remote environments.
Cameron L. Charley, Emma L. Gray, Andrew M. Baker   +2 more
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Invasion and Amplification of Endogenous Retroviruses in Dasyuridae Marsupial Genomes. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Abstract Retroviruses are an ancient viral family that have globally coevolved with vertebrates and impacted their evolution. In Australia, a continent that has been geographically isolated for millions of years, little is known about retroviruses in wildlife, despite the devastating impacts of a retrovirus on endangered koala ...
Harding EF, Mercer LK, Yan GJH, Waters PD, White PA.   +4 more
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Size Disparity in Putative Primate Adaptive Radiations and Other Mammalian Clades. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Introduction Adaptive radiation is commonly viewed as the rapid production of phenotypic disparity and taxonomic diversity. Among primates, two clades have been identified as potential adaptive radiations: the lemurs of Madagascar and the platyrrhines of the Americas. This study examines these clades for one of the proposed signals of adaptive
Scott JE.
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable Australian crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
In this announcement, we report the complete mitogenome of the vulnerable Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) (Krefft, 1867). The mitogenome was 17,085 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNAs and a 1583 bp ...
Jaco D. Zandberg, Wayne G. Reeve, Frances Brigg, Serina M. McConnell, Peter B. S. Spencer   +4 more
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Range-Wide Assessment of the Tasmanian Devil Gut Microbiome. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We conducted a comprehensive assessment of gut microbiomes at 10 locations across Tasmania, utilizing molecular methods such as 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and diet metabarcoding to investigate the influences of diet, location, sex, and age. Contrary to the prevailing notion that diet is a main driver of gut microbiome differences, we found that ...
Molloy MM, McLennan EA, Fox S, Belov K, Hogg CJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Dasyuridae Goldfuss 1820

, 2022
Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 CONTENTS: Antechinomys, Antechinus, Dasycercus, Dasykaluta, Dasyuroides, Dasyurus, Micromurexia, Murexechinus, Murexia, Myoictis, Neophascogale, Ningaui, Paramurexia, Parantechinus, Phascogale, Phascolosorex, Phascomurexia, Planigale, Pseudantechinus (fig. 42), Sarcophilus, and Sminthopsis. STEM AGE: 24.9 Mya (95% HPD: 21.
Beck, Robin M. D., Voss, Robert S., Jansa, Sharon A.   +2 more
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