Temporomandibular Joint Pathology of Wild Carnivores in the Western USA
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Skull specimens from: southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), Eastern Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Siobhan S. Rickert +2 more
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A retrospective look at mountain lion populations in California (1906–2018)
California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2020 Mountain lion (Puma concolor) population management in California has varied widely over the past 100 plus years, ranging from a bounty system (1906-1963) to specially-protected status (1972-present).
Justin A. Dellinger, Steven G. Torres
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Isolation of Bartonella henselae and Two New Bartonella Subspecies, Bartonellakoehlerae Subspecies boulouisii subsp. nov. and Bartonella koehlerae Subspecies bothieri subsp. nov. from Free-Ranging Californian Mountain Lions and Bobcats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Domestic cats are the natural reservoir of Bartonella henselae, B. clarridgeiae and B. koehlerae. To determine the role of wild felids in the epidemiology of Bartonella infections, blood was collected from 14 free-ranging California mountain lions (Puma ...
Bruno B Chomel +8 more
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Reduction of Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Seeding Activity following Digestion by Mountain Lions
mSphere, 2021 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible prion disease first observed in the 1960s in North America. This invariably fatal disease affects multiple cervid species in the wild and in captivity.
Chase Baune +6 more
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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2018 The macroscopic and microscopic morphologies and indigo and indirubin concentration of the traditional Chinese medicine herbs Isatis indigotica Fort., Polygonum tinctorium Ait., and Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, all commonly known as “daqingye ...
Yingjiao Zhang +8 more
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Cats and dogs: A mesopredator navigating risk and reward provisioned by an apex predator
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Successfully perceiving risk and reward is fundamental to the fitness of an animal, and can be achieved through a variety of perception tactics. For example, mesopredators may “directly” perceive risk by visually observing apex predators, or may ...
Mitchell J. Brunet +9 more
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The reappearance of Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2021 Large mammals, especially felids such as Mountain Lion, Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771), are disappearing from their original habitats, due to the loss of natural areas and hunting, especially in the metropolitan regions.
Jorge Antônio Lourenço Pontes +5 more
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Mountain lions (Puma concolor) and their current management: Texas residents’ knowledge and attitudes [PDF]
Nature ConservationTexas hosts approximately seven percent of the United States of America’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) population, although this estimate might be high due to their non-game status and lack of regulation.
Omar Ohrens +3 more
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023 Using a dataset of 591 capture events between 2001–2019 in California, USA, we examined the impact of capture methods and immobilization drugs on mountain lion (Puma concolor) welfare. The 3 methods used to capture mountain lions were cage traps, trained
Justin A. Dellinger +12 more
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Let Us Now Praise Mountain Lions: Revisiting Edward Abbey in the Santa Monica Mountains
SAGE Open, 2022 More than 50 years have passed since Edward Abbey published Desert Solitaire— his persuasive tribute to the preservation of wilderness and wildlife, and over 30 years since he penned. In Praise of Mountain Lions: Original Praises (1984) , Abbey predicted
Mary Louisa Cappelli
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