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The Arteries of the Encephalon Base in Caracal (Caracal caracal; Felidae; Carnivora)
Animals, 2023 This study represents the comprehensive anatomical analysis of the arterial circulation at the base of the encephalon in caracal (Caracal caracal), a member of the Felidae family.
Maciej Zdun +2 more
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Variation in the sacroiliac joint in Felidae
PeerJ, 2021 Felidae species show a great diversity in their diet, foraging and hunting strategies, from small to large prey. Whether they belong to solitary or group hunters, the behavior of cats to subdue resisting small or large prey presents crucial differences. It is assumed that pack hunting reduces the per capita risk of each individual.
Jean-Pierre Pallandre +5 more
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Small carnivores of the montane forests of Eravikulam National Park in the Western Ghats, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 The study of small carnivores of the montane forests of Eravikulam National Park in the southern Western Ghats, India recorded nine species of small carnivores using the camera trapping technique.
S. Nikhil, P. O. Nameer
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Foreword to the second special issue on small wild cats
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 We are delighted to present the second special issue on small wild cats that covers seven species with important updates on their distribution, tenacity and adaptability.
Angie Appel, Shomita Mukherjee
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The relationship between form and function of the carnivore mandible
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Dietary morphology diversified extensively in Carnivoraformes (living Carnivora and their stem relatives) during the Cenozoic (the last 66 million years) as they evolved to capture, handle, and process new animal and plant diets. We used 3D geometric morphometrics, mechanical advantage, and finite element analysis to test the evolutionary ...
Charles J. Salcido, P. David Polly
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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]
, 2019 The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet ~1.8 million years ago led to the exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and modern humans, became increasingly abundant and dispersed across the ...
Elliott Smith, Rosemary E. +4 more
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Optimizing Phylogenetic Supertrees Using Answer Set Programming
, 2015 The supertree construction problem is about combining several phylogenetic trees with possibly conflicting information into a single tree that has all the leaves of the source trees as its leaves and the relationships between the leaves are as consistent
Janhunen, Tomi +3 more
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Obliteration study of lambdatic and obelionic region sutures in ruminant, carnivores and hominids [PDF]
, 2014 The morphology of Orce cranial fragment VM-0 is contrasted with the frontoparietal region in artiodactyls, and the obelionic region in carnivores and primates including hominids.
Gibert Beotas, Lluís +3 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The archaeological site Graman B4 provided one of the first records of substantial dietary change in ancient Australian Aboriginal society. Initial examination of the faunal remains from this site suggested that Late Holocene hunters reduced their focus on high‐ranked kangaroos to increasingly rely on arboreal possums; and that these ...
Loukas George Koungoulos +2 more
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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
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