Two New Species of Ochotona (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) From Xizang, China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDuring small mammal faunal surveys conducted in the Xizang Autonomous Region, China, in 2003, 2023, and 2024, we collected two previously unidentifiable taxa of pikas (Ochotona).
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Lagomorpha is a clade of herbivorous mammals nested within Euarchontoglires, one of the major placental groups represented today. It comprises two extant families with markedly different body plans: the long-eared and long-limbed Leporidae (hares and ...
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The turbinal skeleton of Pentalagus furnessi (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) [PDF]
Vertebrate Zoology, 2022 The turbinal skeleton inside the nasal cavity supports the respiratory and olfactory epithelia of the mammalian nose and can provide systematic and morphofunctional information.
Irina Ruf
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Ochotona sacraria (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 A pika species Ochotona thibetana sacraria (Lagomorpha) (Thomas ), was reported as a subspecies of O. thibetana. To date, this subspecies have been elevated to species status. O.
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Evolutionary analyses of polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) in the mammals reveals an outstanding mutation rate in the lagomorphs [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 BackgroundThe transcytosis of polymeric immunoglobulins, IgA and IgM, across the epithelial barrier to the luminal side of mucosal tissues is mediated by the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR).
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Taxonomic status of hares (Lepus spp.) in Xinjiang, China (Lagomorpha: Leporidae): An integrative approach [PDF]
Zoologica ScriptaThe taxonomic status and interspecies relationships of hares (genus Lepus) in Xinjiang, China, remain ambiguous owing to extremely similar external morphologies, introgressive hybridization between species and a lack of molecular genetic records. In this
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Infections and genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in small wild mammals on the Eastern Tibetan plateau: public health implications [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Cryptosporidium and Giardia are protozoan parasites that cause significant diarrheal diseases. Small mammals are potential reservoirs for their zoonotic transmission. The Tibetan Plateau alpine ecosystem harbors diverse and abundant small wild
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Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Pliocene-Pleistocene locality of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2023 Şevket Şen, Denis Geraads
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Flying lemurs – The 'flying tree shrews'? Molecular cytogenetic evidence for a Scandentia-Dermoptera sister clade [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2008 Background Flying lemurs or Colugos (order Dermoptera) represent an ancient mammalian lineage that contains only two extant species. Although molecular evidence strongly supports that the orders Dermoptera, Scandentia, Lagomorpha, Rodentia and Primates ...
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