Social organization in Eulipotyphla: evidence for a social shrew [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2015 Shrews and their close relatives (order Eulipotyphla) are typically considered to be solitary. This impacts our understanding of mammalian social evolution: (i) the ancestor of mammals is believed to have been shrew-like, and even though Eulipotyphla are not more basal than other mammalian orders, this might have been one reason why the first mammals ...
Carsten Schradin
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Global patterns of extinction risk and conservation needs for Rodentia and Eulipotyphla [PDF]
Diversity and Distributions, 2021 AbstractAimTo explore global patterns in spatial aggregations of species richness, vulnerability and data deficiency for Rodentia and Eulipotyphla. To evaluate the adequacy of existing protected area (PA) network for these areas. To provide a focus for local conservation initiatives.LocationGlobal.MethodsTotal species, globally threatened (GT) species,
Rosalind J Kennerley +2 more
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The occurrence of insectivores (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) in Georgia from 1864 through to 2022 [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Of the 108 species that occur in Georgia, ten species are insectivores belonging to the order Eulipotyphla. Forty percent of them are endemic to the Caucasus and sixty percent are endemic to the Middle East, including the Caucasus.
Andrei Kandaurov +3 more
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Integrative phylogenetic analysis of the genus Episoriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONEShrews in the genus Episoriculus are among the least-known mammals in China, where representatives occur mainly in the Himalayan and Hengduan mountains.
Yingxun Liu +6 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Sorex minutissimus (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Sorex minutissimus was sequenced and deposited to GeneBank for the first time using muscle tissue. This mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 16,700 bp in length and sequence analysis showed it
Bo Pang +6 more
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Phylogeny and Underground Adaptation of Eulipotyphla Revealed by Whole Genome Comparison Phylogeny and Adaptation of Eulipotyphla [PDF]
Genes (Basel)Background: Phylogenetic relationships within Eulipotyphla have long been debated due to their complex evolutionary history and the frequent inconsistency among phylogenetic trees inferred from different data sources. This order comprises both above-ground and subterranean mammals, providing an opportunity to investigate their adaptation to hypoxic ...
Zhang H +8 more
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Phylogenetic Position and Morphological Characteristics of the Plagiorchioid Trematode, Skrjabinoplagiorchis polonicus (Soltys, 1957), a Parasite of Rodents [PDF]
BiologyThe genus Skrjabinoplagiorchis is monotypic, with Skrjabinoplagiorchis polonicus parasitizing rodents in the Western Palaearctic. This genus is classified within the family Plagiorchiidae; however, its taxonomic position remains unclear.
Alexander A. Kirillov +2 more
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The genome sequence of the European mole, Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female Talpa europaea (European mole; Chordata; Mammalia; Eulipotyphla; Talpidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 2,060.98 megabases and 2,056.47 megabases.
Nicola Pearce +2 more
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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Nectogale (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The elegant water shrew, Nectogale elegans, is one of the small mammal species most adapted to a semi‐aquatic lifestyle. The taxonomy of the genus Nectogale has received little attention due to difficulties in specimen collection.
Ronghui Fan +8 more
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Probable developmental, neurological and evolutionary trend in complex morphological structures: foramen magnum outlines analytic comparisons in four orders; Chiroptera: (Eidolon helvum), (Tadarida brachyptera), Pholidota (Phataginus tricuspis), Eulipotyphla (Atelerix albiventris) and Carnivora (Canis familiaris) [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionWe here present developmental, neurological and evolutionary perspective study of the foramen magnum (FM) and its phylogenetic consequences among five species with close phylogenic proximity.
Oluwale Michael Samuel +1 more
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