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Phylogenetic relationships of the cuscuses (Diprotodontia : Phalangeridae) of island Southeast Asia and Melanesia based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene [PDF]

Australian Mammalogy, 2020
The species-level systematics of the marsupial family Phalangeridae, particularly Phalanger, are poorly understood, due partly to the family’s wide distribution across Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, and surrounding islands.
S. Kealy, S. Donnellan, Kieren J. Mitchell, Michael B. Herrera, K. Aplin, S. O'Connor, J. Louys   +6 more
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SKULL MORPHOLOGY IN HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS: MACROPODIDS (METATHERIA,DIPROTODONTIA, MACROPODIDAE) AND CAVIIDS (EUTHERIA, RODENTIA,HYSTRICOMORPHA) AS A COMPARATIVE STUDY CASE

Mastozoología Neotropical, 2019
. Quantification of morphological diversity among herbivorous mammals and comparisons between herbivorous marsupials and placentals are scarce. In this report we compared morphological variation of the skull and mandible in three representatives of ...
A. Álvarez, David A. Flores
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Hidden diversity in an ecologically specialized genus of Australian marsupials, the feather-tailed gliders, Acrobates (Diprotodontia, Acrobatidae).

Zootaxa
The marsupial Family Acrobatidae includes the smallest gliding marsupial species in the monotypic Acrobates, found only in eastern Australia, and an equally small non-gliding species in another monotypic genus Distoechurus, found only in New Guinea.
Ken P. Aplin, Kyle N. Armstrong, L. Aplin, Paulina Jenkins, S. Ingleby, S. Donnellan   +5 more
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A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov.

Zootaxa
The woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) is a critically endangered potoroid marsupial from the southwest of Western Australia that has been the focus of conservation efforts over the past few decades.
Jake Newman-Martin, K. Travouillon, Natalie Warburton, M. Barham, Alison J. Blyth   +4 more
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Arboreal Mammals Are at Risk Under Climate Change: Insights From a Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Climate change is increasingly impacting arboreal mammals, yet these effects vary across regions and taxa, and global syntheses to inform conservation priorities remain limited. This study presents the first global synthesis of climate change impacts on arboreal mammals using a systematic review, meta‐analysis, and bibliometric analysis.
De Silva DKNS, Campbell C, Hamilton G.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Frozen and Scorched: Genomic Signatures of Adaptive Divergence and Hibernation in the Living Fossil <i>Dromiciops</i>. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We evaluated adaptation to torpor and hibernation in the genus Dromiciops by comparing it with both torpid and non‐torpid marsupials, and investigated divergent selection signals between its two species. For the ancestral node, we identified positive selection in the genes PFKFB2, LAMP3, OTX1, and RAPSN, alongside an enrichment of pathways potentially ...
Gonzalez-Ugalde E, Avendaño PM, Quintero-Galvis JF, Pizarro EJ, Cubillos FA, Nespolo RF, León F, Vianna JA.   +7 more
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Creation of an MRI-Based Three-Dimensional Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) Brain Atlas and Linking Brain Morphometry to Wombat Behaviour. [PDF]

Anat Histol Embryol
ABSTRACT Marsupials lack a corpus callosum; in its place Diprodontia have a fasciculus aberrans connecting the hemispheres. However, despite this uniqueness, the realm of marsupial brain anatomy remains largely unexplored, especially through the lens of modern imaging techniques.
Anthoniel NB, Goh KRQ, Stait-Gardner TJ, Kurniawan ND, Keller MD.   +4 more
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The Marsupial Database: A comprehensive dataset on the ecology and life history of American and Australasian marsupials. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Marsupials are an important but typically neglected group of mammals that have been overlooked in many comparative analyses of vertebrate ecology and life history evolution. In order to address this knowledge bias, we have developed The Marsupial Database.
Ferreira MS, Rossi RC, Batista S, Sena K, Bairos-Novak KR, Shoma SF, Leiner NO, Astúa D, Coulson G, Fisher DO, Harrison ND, Willmer JNG, Silva GR, Cupolillo G, Vieira MV, Vieira EM, Püttker T, Figueiredo MSL, Dickman CR.   +18 more
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Estimating the Impacts of Future Extreme Heat on Dryland Threatened Mammals: An Australian Case Study. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Label: Dryland mammals and heat risk. Description: Using Australia's threatened dryland mammals as a model system, we developed a framework comparing historical, current and future heat envelopes to quantify exposure to novel thermal conditions, identify potential thermal refugia and evaluate the suitability of conservation translocation sites.
Bilby J, Cornwell WK, Moseby K.
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Acrobates pygmaeus (Diprotodontia: Acrobatidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2015
Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) is a gliding possum commonly known as the feather-tailed glider or the narrow-toed feathertail glider. It is the world's smallest mammal capable of gliding flight and is also one of the smallest marsupials. It is distinguished by gliding membranes between fore and hind limbs and by a conspicuous fringe of stiff hair on ...
Jamie M Harris
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