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Rapid size change associated with intra-island evolutionary radiation in extinct Caribbean “island-shrews”

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Background The Caribbean offers a unique opportunity to study evolutionary dynamics in insular mammals. However, the recent extinction of most Caribbean non-volant mammals has obstructed evolutionary studies, and poor DNA preservation associated with ...
Roseina Woods, Samuel T. Turvey, Selina Brace, Christopher V. McCabe, Love Dalén, Emily J. Rayfield, Mark J. F. Brown, Ian Barnes   +7 more
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Tick‐Tac‐Foe: When Ticks, Trade, and Zoonotic Pathogens Align in African Wet Meat Markets

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases account for over ∼60% of infectious diseases and present a significantly growing fatality threat in Africa. Live and wet markets (LWMs) in Africa function as key economic venues that support human livelihoods through social interaction and trade in food stuff, including meat and other animal‐based products.
Allen Takudzwa Munaro
wiley   +1 more source

Histological characterisation of the skin of the Paraechinus hypomelas, Brandt, 1836 (Erinaceidae: Eulipotyphla)

Folia Morphologica, 2020
The current study represents the first description of the histological characterisations of the normal skin of Brandt's hedgehog (paraechinus hypomelas).Skin samples were collected from abdomen, back, nostril and cloacal regions.The skin consisted of 3 layers including epidermis, dermis and hypodermis.
M, Akbari Bazm, N, Goodarzi, M M A, Abumandour, L, Naseri, M, Hosseinipour   +4 more
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Small terrestrial mammals living along streams acting as natural landscape barriers

Ekológia (Bratislava), 2016
Riparian stands along streams are important landscape elements – biocorridors, allowing the dispersal of many small terrestrial mammals. Streams are, however, also barriers limiting dispersal, which leads to isolation and population-genetic changes ...
Bohdal Tomáš, Navrátil Josef, Sedláček František   +2 more
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Insectivores (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla) in the Šariš Museum in Bardejov collection (Slovakia)

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales, 2022
Abstract In study are presented data of the insectivores (Eulipotyphla from three families, i.e., Erinaceidae, Soricidae and Talpidae) specimens deposited in the collection of the Šariš Museum in Bardejov (SMB), Slovakia. In total, data of 469 individuals from twenty-eight sites of eastern Slovakia were evaluated.
Alexander Csanády, Tomáš Jászay, Erika Fechová   +2 more
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Beyond species loss: Community reshuffling shapes biodiversity along the urban–rural gradient

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.
Our results indicate that species turnover is a general ecological mechanism shaping vertebrate communities along the urban gradient, driven by taxon‐ and species‐specific responses to environmental and spatial features. Community differences primarily reflect habitat suitability rather than dispersal limitation, highlighting the potential of targeted ...
Olivia Dondina, Valerio Orioli, Pietro Tirozzi, Andrea Viviano, Emiliano Mori, Matteo Celeste, Leonardo Ancillotto   +6 more
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Cabinet of Curiosities: Venom Systems and Their Ecological Function in Mammals, with a Focus on Primates

Toxins, 2015
Venom delivery systems (VDS) are common in the animal kingdom, but rare amongst mammals. New definitions of venom allow us to reconsider its diversity amongst mammals by reviewing the VDS of Chiroptera, Eulipotyphla, Monotremata, and Primates. All orders
Johanna E. Rode-Margono, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris   +1 more
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A new addition to the embalmed fauna of ancient Egypt: Güldenstaedt's White-toothed Shrew, Crocidura gueldenstaedtii (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae).

PLoS ONE, 2021
The Falcon Necropolis at Quesna in the Nile Delta of Egypt is considered to have been founded by the priest Djedhor, the Saviour, of Athribis (Tell Atrib in modern Benha) at the beginning of the Ptolemaic Period.
Neal Woodman, Salima Ikram, Joanne Rowland   +2 more
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Identifying and Quantifying Conflicts Between Humans and Terrestrial Mammals in Great Britain

Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.
We conducted a literature review to identify conflicts between humans and terrestrial mammals in Great Britain. A modified Generic Impact Scoring System was applied to all conflicts so that mammals could be ranked according to their level of impact to help identify the most damaging species and to aid decision‐making. ABSTRACT Introduction Interactions
Kate L. Palphramand, Daniel A. Warren, Graham C. Smith, Dave Cowan   +3 more
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First record of the shrew Cryptotis lacandonensis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) for Guatemala [PDF]

Therya, 2019
A field expedition in 1995 around the community of Bethel, in the shore of the Usumacinta River, Guatemala, produced the collecting of one fluid specimen of shrew that remained unidentified as a voucher at the mammal collection at San Carlos University in Guatemala City.
Sergio G. Pérez, Mario R. Jolón, Julio E. Mérida, Alexandra J. Andino-Madrid   +3 more
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