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Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.Black bears as apex predators. American black bears can (1) produce top‐down effects on ungulates equal to or exceeding those of typical apex predators and (2) modify the spatiotemporal behaviour of other carnivores, including pumas and coyotes. We argue that the term ‘apex predator’ is highly context dependent and not a species‐wide status.
John M. Nettles +10 more
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Serosurveillance of Leishmania infantum in Zoo‐Kept Animals in Spain
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 65-73, February 2026.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
Jesús Barbero‐Moyano +11 more
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Niche overlap and competition potential among tigers (Panthera tigris), sabertoothed cats (Homotherium ultimum, Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii) and Merriam's Dog (Megacyon merriami) in the Pleistocene of Java [PDF]
, 2015 On Java during the Pleistocene, tigers of more than 300 kg occurred, but these are restricted to a single Late Pleistocene faunal unit, while Early and Middle Pleistocene tigers possessed body masses comparable to those of historic Javanese and extant ...
Geer, Alexandra-van-der +2 more
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Insular carnivore biogeography: island area and mammalian optimal body size.
, 2005 Published ...
Dayan, T, Meiri, S, Simberloff, D
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Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores [PDF]
, 1999 Interspecific killing among mammalian carnivores is common in nature and accounts for up to 68% of known mortalities in some species. Interactions may be symmetrical (both species kill each other) or asymmetrical (one species kills the other), and ...
Caro, T.M., Palomares, Francisco
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Tiques d'animaux sauvages en Haute-Volta [PDF]
, 1978 Vingt-quatre espèces de tiques ont été recensées sur les animaux sauvages de Haute-Volta. De 5 à 10 espèces pourront certainement s'ajouter à cette liste, après l'étude systématique du groupe d'Haemaphysalis leachi ou des récoltes de tiques sur éléphants,
Morel, Pierre-Claude
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The influence of large predators on the feeding ecology of two African mesocarnivores: the black-backed jackal and the brown hyaena [PDF]
, 2013 Interactions between apex and mesopredators and their impacts on prey populations have been well documented, while the influence of apex predators such as lions on carrion availability and the subsequent impacts at lower trophic levels are not fully ...
Burgess, LP +7 more
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, 2008 The leopard or panther is a medium-sized cat with a length between1.85-2.15 m. It has short hairs and lacks the mane and the fringes of hair of the lion. Leopard sculptures appear to fall into two classes, one representing the leopard as the victim of a stabbing scene and one representing only the skin of the leopard.
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Boldness and natural behaviors in the African lion (Panthera leo): How are they related? [PDF]
, 2017 The African lion (Panthera leo) population is diminishing rapidly, approximately 43% since 1993 (Bauer et al., 2016. The species is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN (Bauer et al., 2016).
Kamyk, Courtney M
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an island endemic forest specialist and a widespread habitat generalist [PDF]
, 2016 Background. The bay cat Catopuma badia is endemic to Borneo, whereas its sister species the Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii is distributed from the Himalayas and southern China through Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
Fickel, Joerns +11 more
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