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Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) are among the most important insect prey for many vertebrate predators, including birds and mammals, owing to their large size and high nutritional value. Although the ecological roles of cicadas as prey for birds have been well documented, the interactions between mammals and cicadas are relatively unknown.
Kanzi M. Tomita
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Holocene mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia, Chiroptera) of Dollsteinhola Cave, Western Norway

Fauna Norvegica
The Dolisteinhola cave comprises a sequence of Holocene deposits dating from the late Atlanticum to the first half of the Subboreal period. Climate-sensitive species were found in layers V (Sciurus vulgaris) and layers II - III, IV, IV - V (Apodemus ...
Joanna Godawa Stormark
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A new species of Argyromys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the oligocene of the valley of lakes (Mongolia): its importance for palaeobiogeographical homogeneity across Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan [PDF]

, 2017
We describe a new species of Rodentia (Mammalia), Argyromys cicigei sp. nov. from Toglorhoi (fossil bed TGW-A/2a) in Mongolia and Ulantatal (fossil beds UTL 1 and UTL 7) in China.
AI Argyropoulo, AV Lopatin, B Bohlin, B Reichenbacher, BY Wang, BY Wang, BY Wang, BY Wang, BY Wang, BY Wang, BY Wang, CC Young, CK Li, D Kälin, DE Wilson, E Nevo, E Ünay, E Ünay, E Ünay, E Ünay, EG Kordikova, EH Lindsay, EH Lindsay, EH Lindsay, EH Lindsay, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, G Daxner-Höck, GG Musser, Gudrun Daxner-Höck, H Abdul-Aziz, H De Bruijn, H De Bruijn, H Gomes Rodrigues, H Gomes Rodrigues, H Gomes Rodrigues, I García-Paredes, J Chaline, J Sun, JA Cook, LJ Flynn, LJ Flynn, M Freudenthal, M Freudenthal, M Vianey-Liaud, M Vianey-Liaud, MC McKenna, N Vandenberghe, N. Schmidt-Kittler, O Fejfar, O Maridet, O Maridet, O Maridet, O Maridet, OG Bendukidze, Olivier Maridet, P López-Guerrero, P Mein, PA Goloboff, Paloma López-Guerrero, Q Li, R Daams, RJ Emry, S Schaub, S Sen, S Sen, SD Bi, T Deng, V Höck, WD Matthew, William Oki Wong, WY Wu, XM Wang, XS Huang, XS Huang, XS Huang, XS Huang, XS Huang, YS Tong, YS Tong, ZD Qiu, ZD Qiu, ZD Qiu, ZD Qiu, Zhaoqun Zhang, ZQ Zhang   +90 more
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Morphometric study of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear in the European moles Talpa europaea, Talpa occidentalis, and Talpa aquitania

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 248, Issue 1, Page 71-81, January 2026.
The study investigates the shape of the semicircular canals in the inner ear of three sister mole species—Talpa europaea, Talpa aquitania, and Talpa occidentalis—using geometric morphometrics on 58 specimens. It finds both interspecific and intraspecific variability in canal morphology, but no evidence of sexual dimorphism.
Alice Melekian, Sergio Daniel Tarquini, Violaine Nicolas, Nathalie Poulet‐Crovisier, Sandrine Ladevèze   +4 more
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Sporadic sampling, not climatic forcing, drives observed early hominin diversity. [PDF]

, 2018
Paleoanthropologists have long been intrigued by the observed patterns of human evolution, including species diversity, and often invoked climatic change as the principal driver of evolutionary change.
Bapst, Benjamini, Christophe Soligo, Dembo, deMenocal, Dunhill, Dunhill, Foote, Patterson, Paul Upchurch, Philip J. Hopley, Raup, Raup, Simon J. Maxwell, Smith, Wood   +15 more
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Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammals

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.
Abstract Protected areas (PAs) are a major tool in biodiversity conservation, but the extent to which they mitigate species declines is often unclear. We evaluated the effectiveness of PAs in mitigating range contraction and local extinction for 483 terrestrial mammal species.
Andrea Cristiano, Rajeev Pillay, Juan Pablo Ramírez‐Delgado, James E. M. Watson, Oscar Venter, Michela Pacifici   +5 more
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A possible taphonomical evidence for the palaeoecological role of the giant shrews (Mammalia, Soricidae) in the Carpathian Basin [PDF]

, 2014
The study on some toothmarks on the medial surface of the right ulna of a middle sized carnivore mammal are present in this paper. It is shown here as a possible taphonomical evidence of carrion-eating diet of the Late Miocene Crusafontina endemica ...
Mészáros, Lukács
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Estudio de los micromamíferos del yacimiento mesolítico de El Toral III (Llanes, Asturias)

Geogaceta
Este trabajo recoge el estudio de los micromamíferos del yacimiento mesolítico de El Toral III (Llanes, Asturias). El conjunto de restos corresponde a al menos 9 especies diferentes de micromamíferos, seis de ellas pertenecientes al Orden Rodentia y ...
Xabier Murelaga Bereicua, Aitziber Suárez-Bilbao, Naroa Garcia Ibaibarriaga, Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Rosa Arniz Mateos   +4 more
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Chromosome synapsis and recombination in male hybrids between two chromosome races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus L., Soricidae, Eulipotyphla) [PDF]

, 2017
Hybrid zones between chromosome races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) provide exceptional models to study the potential role of chromosome rearrangements in the initial steps of speciation.
Belonogova, N.M., Borodin, P.M., Karamysheva, T.V., Polyakov, A.V., Searle, J. B., Torgasheva, A.A.   +5 more
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Commentary: The missing sabertooth baculum—At what point might the absence of evidence reasonably be considered evidence of absence?

The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 11, Page 3053-3062, November 2025.
Abstract Most carnivorans and all modern felids have ossified bacula; however, no machairodont baculum has ever been identified. This is true despite the many fairly complete skeletons found around the world of several sabertooth taxa. Although the bacula of modern felids are much smaller than those of canoids (even the least weasel's baculum is longer
Adam Hartstone‐Rose
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