Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 While the diversity of ‘southern seals’, or Monachinae, in the North Atlantic realm is currently limited to the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, their diversity was much higher during the late Miocene and Pliocene.
Leonard Dewaele +2 more
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Pinniped (Carnivora, Phocidae) occurrences in the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The last Pinniped species update was in 2010, as part of the list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. This list includes a chapter dedicated to marine mammals, based on previously published bibliography.No new species were added since ...
Luís Barcelos, João Barreiros
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The Miocene seal Monachopsis pontica: isolated in a shrinking sea and adapting to its changing conditions [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMore than 170 years have passed since the description of the dwarf Miocene seal Monachopsis pontica. However, its cranial materials were rarely found and described. This paper re-describes M. pontica and discusses its ecological adaptations. M.
Pavlo Otriazhyi +4 more
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A quantitative test of the “Ecomorphotype Hypothesis” for fossil true seals (Family Phocidae) [PDF]
PeerJThe fossil record of true seals (Family Phocidae) is mostly made up of isolated bones, some of which are type specimens. Previous studies have sought to increase referral of non-overlapping and unrelated fossils to these taxa using the ‘Ecomorphotype ...
James Patrick Rule +2 more
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The impact of the land-to-sea transition on evolutionary integration and modularity of the pinniped backbone [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 In this study, we investigate how the terrestrial-aquatic transition influenced patterns of axial integration and modularity in response to the secondary adaptation to a marine lifestyle.
Juan Miguel Esteban +5 more
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) de novo genomes to study the demographic history and genetic diversity of southern seals [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground The Monachinae, or southern seals, are one of two subfamilies within the Phocidae and are home to iconic pinnipeds such as the leopard seal, a fierce Antarctic top predator, and the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s most endangered ...
Marcel Nebenführ +5 more
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A new seal from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys highlights the past regional diversity of true seals (Phocidae) [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyTrue seals rapidly evolved in many forms in the epicontinental basin of Paratethys during the Miocene. However, most of their nominal taxa so far were proposed based on isolated limb bones, and their taxonomy has long been under discussion.
Pavlo Otriazhyi +4 more
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Phylogenetic allometric scaling of near basal breathing frequency in terrestrial, semi‐aquatic and aquatic mammals [PDF]
Experimental PhysiologyWe measured the BASAL breathing frequency following an overnight fast in adult, non‐pregnant/non‐lactating, inactive mammals ranging in body mass from 15 to 5520 kg.
Andreas Fahlman +10 more
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Characterization of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae isolated from a spotted seal (Phoca largha) (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) stranded in Korea [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionPhotobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (PDD) is an emerging marine bacterial pathogen that infects marine animals and humans, causing fatal necrotizing fasciitis and histamine fish poisoning.
Tae Seon Cha +13 more
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Blood Morphology and Hematology of Adult Baikal Seals (Pusa sibirica Gmelin, 1788) Under Professional Care [PDF]
AnimalsStudying the blood cell morphology of marine mammals provides an opportunity to elucidate the physiological mechanisms of adaptive changes associated with the aquatic habitat that occur at the cellular level, as well as adaptations to changing ...
Polina Esipova +3 more
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