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An African urban mesocarnivore: Navigating the urban matrix of Durban, South Africa

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Urbanisation is rapidly transforming natural habitats with the potential to benefit synanthropic species, especially mesocarnivore species. Knowledge of the spatio-temporal ecology of mongoose species in an urban matrix is limited.
Jarryd P. Streicher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Volant Mammalian Diversity, Occurrence, and Ecological Patterns in a Tropical Montane Forest in Sarawak, Borneo. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
We investigated the diversity and activity patterns of mammals in a high‐altitude protected area in Borneo using data from 81 camera trap stations set up between April 2023 and September 2024. A total of 35 species were detected, with notable findings including a difference in mean species richness between trophic guilds, nocturnal behavior in ...
Voon M   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Camera trap survey of mammals in Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
A camera trap survey was conducted in the recently protected Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat (CNCH) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines from February to May 2015 at 39 camera trap sites.
Paris N. Marler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serosurveillance of Leishmania infantum in Zoo-Kept Animals in Spain. [PDF]

open access: yesZoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT Introduction Leishmaniosis is a sand fly‐borne zoonosis mainly caused by Leishmania infantum in Europe. Exposure to this protozoan has been widely reported in many domestic and wild species. However, epidemiological surveys evaluating the circulation of L. infantum in zoo‐kept animals remain limited. This large‐scale study aims to evaluate the
Barbero-Moyano J   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Descriptive Study of Hair Morphology of Three Carnivore families (Canidae, Ursidae and Herpestidae)

open access: yesAsian Journal of Research in Zoology, 2022
Aim: To study the morphological characteristics of dorsal guard hair of five carnivoran species native to Tamil Nadu for the creation of an identification key for application in wildlife forensics. Study Design: The experiment was designed to observe the physical characters of each hair strand and measure widely used morphological parameters from
Debasis Jana   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Small carnivores of the montane forests of Eravikulam National Park in the Western Ghats, India

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Carnivoran remains from the Malapa hominin site, South Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Recent discoveries at the new hominin-bearing deposits of Malapa, South Africa, have yielded a rich faunal assemblage associated with the newly described hominin taxon Australopithecus sediba.
Brian F Kuhn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Potential Epizootiological Significance of Small Predatory Mammals in Ebola Virus Circulation in the Republic of Guinea

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2015
The aim of the work is evaluation of potential epizootiological significance of small predatory mammals in Ebola virus circulation in the Republic of Guinea.
N. V. Popov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fossil mammals from the Gondolin Dump A ex situ hominin deposits, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
The Gondolin palaeokarstic system, located in the UNESCO Fossil Hominids of South Africa World Heritage Site, has been sporadically excavated since the 1970s. Sampling of ex situ dumpsites in 1997 recovered the only two fossil hominin specimens recovered
Justin W. Adams
doaj   +2 more sources

Molecular Survey and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella spp. in Small Indian Mongooses (Urva auropunctata) and Their Fleas on Saint Kitts, West Indies

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
This study aimed to molecularly survey and evaluate the genetic diversity of Bartonella spp. in mongooses and their fleas from St. Kitts. Spleen (n = 54), blood (n = 71), and pooled flea samples, all identified as Ctenocephalides felis (n = 53), were ...
Alex Mau   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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