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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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Comparative genomics of the Leukocyte Receptor Complex in carnivores

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundThe mammalian Leukocyte Receptor Complex (LRC) chromosomal region may contain gene families for the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and/or leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LILR) collections as well as various framing genes.
April L. Jelinek, Jan Futas, Jan Futas, Pamela A. Burger, Petr Horin, Petr Horin   +5 more
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A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest living terrestrial member of the Mustelidae; a versatile predator formerly distributed throughout boreal regions of North America and Eurasia.
Joshua X. Samuels, Keila E. Bredehoeft, Steven C. Wallace   +2 more
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Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2017
Pteronura brasiliensis (Zimmermann, 1780), the giant otter, is the largest freshwater otter. Found in South America, it inhabits slow-moving rivers and creeks and feeds predominantly on fish. Extinct in the southern portions of its former range, P. brasiliensis is listed as "Endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural ...
Noonan, Paula, Prout, Siobhan, Hayssen, Virginia   +2 more
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The Structure of the Brachial Plexus in Selected Representatives of the Caniformia Suborder

Animals, 2022
Like most structures, the brachial plexus is subject to species variation. Analysing this structure over a wide spectrum of species, we can obtain a complex view of the changes–in a given group of animals.
Arkadiusz Grzeczka, Maciej Zdun
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A mysterious animal called Al-Wark [PDF]

, 2015
The paper examines the mysterious term al-wark, which–according to Maḥmūd of Kāşğarī (11th century AD)–denotes a small animal similar to a badger (Turk. borsmuk) in the Xakani language. This animal was treated as a symbol of fatness. It is suggested that
Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
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Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation [PDF]

, 2016
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Alexander, Alexandra Houssaye, Amson, Andrew H. Lee, Antoine, Bibi, Blomberg, Buffrénil, Campione, Canoville, Carrano, Carrano, Christiansen, Clementz, Cornette, Cubo, Doube, Doube, Dumont, Evin, Fish, Garland, Garland, Gheerbrant, Gilbert, Girondot, Gray, Gregory, Hayashi, Hildebrand, Hokkanen, Houssaye, Houssaye, Houssaye, Houssaye, Houssaye, Houssaye, Houssaye, John R. Hutchinson, Katja Waskow, Klein, Laurin, Meredith, Nakajima, O'Neill, Oxnard, Oxnard, Polly, Prothero, Quemeneur, R Core Team, Ramsay, Raphaël Cornette, Remes, Ren, Ren, Ripley, Ross, Ruff, Sander, Schalkwyk, Schmidt-Nielsen, Sereno, Shoji Hayashi, Steiner, Straehl, Thompson, Todd, Venables, Vizcaino, Wall, Warner, Waskow   +72 more
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Small carnivores of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, the southern Western Ghats, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
The small carnivores of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary were surveyed using camera traps.  The study was conducted between November 2016 and February 2017 at 111 camera trap locations.  Twenty-five mammal species were recorded, including nine small carnivores
E. R. Sreekumar, P. O. Nameer
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Hystrix in Greek [PDF]

, 2013
Dictionaries of the Ancient Greek language distinguish only two or three different meanings of the Greek word ὕστριξ. The present author analyses all the contexts and glosses where the word in question appears.
Witczak, Krzysztof
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Mustela sibirica. The complete mitogenome of M. sibirica is 16,529 bp in length and consist of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and a D-loop region.
Mengshi Yu, Huailiang Xu, Diyan Li, Jiayun Wu, Anxiang Wen, Meng Xie, Qin Wang, Guangxiang Zhu, Qingyong Ni, Mingwang Zhang, Yongfang Yao   +10 more
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