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Scat DNA Applications for Low‐Density Carnivore Survey: Techniques, Efficiency and Future Directions
Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.We reviewed 338 studies encompassing mostly Felidae, Canidae and Mustelidae species throughout the world, confirming scat DNA as a reliable genetic source for many applications. The findings here offer guidance for future studies on low‐density carnivores, helping to design cost‐effective research and improving data quality for conservation efforts ...
Marina Elisa de Oliveira +2 more
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Gebissanomalie bei nordatlantischen Phociden (Mammalia, Phocidae)
, 1997 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Bree, P. J. H. van (Peter Johannes Hendrikus), +1 more
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The evolution of feeding strategies in phocid seals (Pinnipedia, Phocidae)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2018 Adaptations for feeding underwater were crucial to the success of pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses) in their transition from terrestrial to aquatic habitats. Extant phocids (true seals) use multiple feeding strategies—biting, filter, and suction feeding—to capture and consume prey, and each strategy is associated with cranial, mandibular, and ...
Sarah S. Kienle, Annalisa Berta
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Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of anthropogenic threats, yet a global systematic map of the literature for 19 species found both spatial and temporal disparity in research effort between threats and between species. There are knowledge gaps for species and threats, with effort unequal across many species' ranges.
Emily L. Hague +9 more
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, 2011 Following the isolation of Mycoplasma phocicerebrale from the flipper wound of a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) in Cornwall, UK, surveillance for Mycoplasma species was extended to include other seals rescued or found dead around the UK.
Davison, NJ +11 more
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Phocid seal leptin: tertiary structure and hydrophobic receptor binding site preservation during distinct leptin gene evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The cytokine hormone leptin is a key signalling molecule in many pathways that control physiological functions. Although leptin demonstrates structural conservation in mammals, there is evidence of positive selection in primates, lagomorphs and ...
John A Hammond +3 more
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The underwater vocal complexity of seals (Phocidae) is not related to their phylogeny [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2019 Closely related mammalian species often make similar vocalizations, but this is not so with the underwater calls of the true seals. Some seal species have diverse underwater vocal repertoires, whereas others only make pulsed calls. Vocal complexity scores of underwater calls of 13 seal species were compared with their phylogeny and life-history traits.
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Biogeography and History of the Prehuman Native Mammal Fauna of the New Zealand Region
DiversityThe widespread perception of New Zealand is of a group of remote islands dominated by reptiles and birds, with no native mammals except a few bats. In fact, the islands themselves are only part of a wider New Zealand Region which includes a large section
Carolyn M. King
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Effect of angle on flow-induced vibrations of pinniped vibrissae. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Two types of vibrissal surface structures, undulated and smooth, exist among pinnipeds. Most Phocidae have vibrissae with undulated surfaces, while Otariidae, Odobenidae, and a few phocid species possess vibrissae with smooth surfaces.
Christin T Murphy +4 more
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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.
Louise Emmerson +6 more
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