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Mammalian Community Structure Varies With Distance Between Protected Areas in the Omo Valley, Southwest Ethiopia

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.
This study confirmed the conservation importance of the Omo Valley in terms of mammalian diversity, albeit with low detection levels, especially of large carnivores, underscoring the importance of promoting landscape connectivity to maintain population viability across the Omo Valley.
Tsyon Asfaw, Fikirte Gebresenbet, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri, Herwig Leirs, Gebremeskel Gizaw, Adane Tsegaye, Wondimu Abate, Hans Bauer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Brain of the Black (Diceros bicornis) and White (Ceratotherium simum) African Rhinoceroses: Morphology and Volumetrics from Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017
The morphology and volumetrics of the understudied brains of two iconic large terrestrial African mammals: the black (Diceros bicornis) and white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceroses are described.
Adhil Bhagwandin, Mark Haagensen, Paul R. Manger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large mammal remains from the early pleistocene site of Podere San Lorenzo (Perugia, Central Italy) [PDF]

, 2019
Most of the research on fossil mammals from Umbria (central Italy) has been carried out in the southwestern branch of the Tiber basin, due to its paleontological richness.
Azzarà, Beatrice, Breda, Marzia, BROBIA ANSOLEAGA, Alba, Buzi, Costantino, Cherin, Marco, Pandolfi, Luca, Pazzaglia, Fausto   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Integrating threat mapping and animal movement data to identify high‐risk areas for endangered mobile species

Animal Conservation, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 291-302, April 2025.
This study introduces a framework for quantifying exposure to threats, focusing on poisoning risks for the endangered Lappet‐faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos). Using GPS tracking data, food availability and spatial threat layers, we identified poisoning hotspots and high mortality rates in northern Botswana and southeastern Namibia, offering crucial ...
T. Curk, J. Melzheimer, O. Aschenborn, A. Amar, H. Kolberg, R. Garbett, G. Maude, R. P. Reading, M. Selebatso, F. Berzaghi, G. P. Hempson, A. Botha, R. L. Thomson, G. Tate, O. Spiegel, A. Santangeli   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasted patterns of evolution of the LINE-1 retrotransposon in perissodactyls: the history of a LINE-1 extinction

Mobile DNA, 2018
Background LINE-1 (L1) is the dominant autonomously replicating non-LTR retrotransposon in mammals. Although our knowledge of L1 evolution across the tree of life has considerably improved in recent years, what we know of L1 evolution in mammals is ...
Akash Sookdeo, Crystal M. Hepp, Stéphane Boissinot   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First report of Quaternary mammals from the Qalehjough area, Lut Desert, Eastern Iran [PDF]

, 2016
Taxonomic study of Quaternary mammal remains from the Qalehjough fossil site, eastern Iran, has resulted in the identification of two mammal orders, Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla, with four families and six taxa.
Aliabadian, Mansour, Ashouri A., Hashemi, N., Louys, J., M., Gharaie, Sánchez Marco, Antonio   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Les Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) miocènes et pliocènes des Tugen Hills (Kénya)

Estudios Geologicos, 2011
[fr] Plus de 70 restes déterminables appartenant à neuf espèces de Rhinocerotidae ont été recueillis dans 26 gisements miocènes et pliocènes des Tugen Hills, les plus riches étant Cheboit, Kapsomin, Kipsaraman et Tabarin.
C. Guérin
doaj   +1 more source

The role of species interactions in shaping the geographic pattern of ungulate abundance across African savannah

Scientific Reports
Macroecologists traditionally emphasized the role of environmental variables for predicting species distribution and abundance at large scale. While biotic factors have been increasingly recognized as important at macroecological scales, producing ...
N. Pranzini, L. Maiorano, F. Cosentino, W. Thuiller, L. Santini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) en el Pleistoceno tardío de Calama, norte de Chile Late Pleistocene Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Calama, northern Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2007
Se describen restos del género Hippidion procedentes de la zona del desierto de Atacama (Calama, Segunda Región de Chile). El conjunto analizado corresponde a un esqueleto bastante completo proveniente del yacimiento Betecsa 1, así como escasas unidades ...
MARÍA TERESA ALBERDI, JOSÉ LUIS PRADO, PATRICIO LÓPEZ, RAFAEL LABARCA, ISMAEL MARTÍNEZ   +4 more
doaj  

History and development of research on wildlife parasites in southern Africa, with emphasis on terrestrial mammals, especially ungulates

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
The history of wildlife parasitology in South Africa, and to some extent southern Africa, is reviewed, giving a brief overview of the early years and following its development from the founding of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in 1908 until the ...
Kerstin Junker, Ivan G. Horak, Banie Penzhorn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source