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Mortality and morbidity in wild Taiwanese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla).

PLoS ONE, 2019
Globally, pangolins are threatened by poaching and illegal trade. Taiwan presents a contrary situation, where the wild pangolin population has stabilized and even begun to increase in the last two decades.
Nick Ching-Min Sun, Bharti Arora, Jing-Shiun Lin, Wen-Chi Lin, Meng-Jou Chi, Chen-Chih Chen, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Cingulata, a major lineage of Xenarthra, comprises extinct and extant armoured placental mammals that diversified throughout the Cenozoic. Despite extensive study, phylogenetic hypotheses based on morphological and molecular data remain incongruent, and no total evidence analysis has been conducted. Here, we integrate the largest morphological
Daniel M. Casali, Mariela C. Castro, Martin R. Ciancio, Timothy J. Gaudin, Jeremy L. Bramblett, Alberto Boscaini, Fernando A. Perini, Max C. Langer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How endorser attributes influence conservation communication

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation communication often uses the celebrity endorsement strategy. However, robust evidence regarding its effectiveness is still limited. More importantly, practitioners do not have guidelines for selecting an ideal endorser because there is no clear consensus on what endorser attributes are most critical.
Xia He, Tien Ming Lee
wiley   +1 more source

The comparative energetics of the carnivorans and pangolins

, 2022
Patterns in eco-physiological traits of pangolins and carnivorans are studied, which are functions of underlying Dynamic Energy Budget parameters. The data, parameter values and traits are accessible in the open access Add-my-Pet collection, which ...
Starrlight Augustine, Augustine, Starrlight, Kooijman, Sebastiaan A L M, Kooijman, Sebastiaan A.L.M., Sebastiaan A L M Kooijman   +4 more
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Are pangolins the intermediate host of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)?

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
The outbreak of a novel corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city of Wuhan, China has resulted in more than 1.7 million laboratory confirmed cases all over the world.
Ping Liu, Jing-Zhe Jiang, Xiu-Feng Wan, Yan Hua, Linmiao Li, Jiabin Zhou, Xiaohu Wang, Fanghui Hou, Jing Chen, Jiejian Zou, Jinping Chen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The E‐cadherin‐Wnt‐mir‐994 Axis Repurposes a Cadherin Switch for Niche Robustness and Germline Stem Cell Maintenance

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
In the Drosophila ovarian niche, an E‐cadherin‐to‐N‐cadherin switch, mediated by Wnt‐mir‐994 signalling, is repurposed to ensure niche resilience. This compensatory mechanism maintains niche integrity and stem cell support upon E‐cadherin loss, revealing a robustness circuit.
Renjun Tu, Hiu Laam Yau, Runzhi Deng, Sarah E. Webb, Shiyuan Chen, Jianquan Ni, Ting Xie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Illegal wildlife trade as the leading cause of orphaned pangolin and vervet monkey arrival to the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a major driver of biodiversity loss, threatening countless species, including pangolins (Pholidota: Manidae) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).
Ishwinder Battoo, Lynette A. Hart
doaj   +1 more source

Updating the forelimb anatomy of the domestic cat (Felis catus, Felidae) based on evolutionary inferences of its muscles and nerves I: Shoulder and brachium

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
In this study, we provide a detailed description of the shoulder and brachium muscles and the brachial plexus of the domestic cat (Felis catus). We identified muscular variants (articularis humeri, coracobrachialis longus, biceps brachii caput breve), clarified the independence of the anconeus medialis muscle from the triceps brachii muscle, and ...
Juan Fernando Vélez García, Ismael Vélez Cabrera, Maria Angelica Miglino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVIDÊNCIAS CIENTÍFICAS DOS PANGOLINS (Manis spp.) COMO POSSÍVEIS ANIMAIS DE ORIGEM DO SARS-CoV-2 [PDF]

, 2023
No ano de 2019, iniciou-se um colapso no sistema de saúde em todo o mundo devido a uma nova pandemia causada pelo SARS-CoV-2, a COVID-19. Acredita-se que um animal da China, os pangolins, tenha sido o estopim da doença, sendo motivo de várias pesquisas ...
Mendes Rodrigues, Gianlucca, Nascimento de Paula, Eric Mateus, Simões Bento, Anna Júlia, Pereira da Cunha Júnior, Neiber, Paniago de Rezende, Isadora, Souza Rezende, Arthur   +5 more
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African ape carpal morphology is not too specialized to represent the ancestral hominin carpus

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Knuckle walking is one hypothesized behavior of the Pan‐Homo last common ancestor. We analyzed carpal morphology, including Euclidean distances between behavioral pairs, to investigate whether the carpals of knuckle‐walking taxa appear relatively specialized.
Laura E. Hunter, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caley M. Orr, Biren A. Patel, Zeresenay Alemseged   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source