The ethmoidal region of the skull of Ptilocercus lowii (Ptilocercidae, Scandentia, Mammalia) – a contribution to the reconstruction of the cranial morphotype of primates [PDF]
Primate Biology, 2015 The ethmoidal region of the skull houses one of the most important sense organs of mammals, the sense of smell. Investigation of the ontogeny and comparative anatomy of internal nasal structures of the macrosmatic order Scandentia is a significant ...
I. Ruf, S. Janßen, U. Zeller
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Convergent Evolution of Locomotory Modes in Euarchontoglires
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The research of phenotypic convergence is of increasing importance in adaptive evolution. Locomotory modes play important roles in the adaptive evolution of species in the Euarchontoglires, however, the investigation of convergent evolution of the ...
Wei-hang Geng +11 more
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Opsin genes of select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Treeshrews are small, squirrel-like mammals in the order Scandentia, which is nested together with Primates and Dermoptera in the superordinal group Euarchonta. They are often described as living fossils, and researchers have long turned to treeshrews as
Gwen Duytschaever +5 more
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The Tree Shrew as a Model for Cancer Research
Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 Animal disease models are necessary in medical research, and an appropriate animal model is of great importance for studies about the prevention or treatment of cancer.
Tao Lu +6 more
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Tree shrews at the German Primate Center [PDF]
Primate Biology, 2015 For many years, Tupaia (family Tupaiidae), most commonly known as tree shrews, have been studied almost exclusively by zoologists resulting in a controversial debate on their taxonomic status among mammals.
E. Fuchs
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Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) diverged from the primate order (Primates) and are classified as Scandentia, a separate taxonomic group of mammals.
Yu Zheng +5 more
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Comparison of musculoskeletal networks of the primate forelimb [PDF]
, 2017 Anatomical network analysis is a framework for quantitatively characterizing the topological organization of anatomical structures, thus providing a way to compare structural integration and modularity among species.
Diogo, R +3 more
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Contextualising primate origins - an ecomorphological framework [PDF]
, 2016 Ecomorphology - the characterisation of the adaptive relationship between an organism's morphology and its ecological role - has long been central to theories of the origin and early evolution of the primate order.
Smaers, JB, Soligo, C
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BMC Biology, 2008 Background Flying lemurs or Colugos (order Dermoptera) represent an ancient mammalian lineage that contains only two extant species. Although molecular evidence strongly supports that the orders Dermoptera, Scandentia, Lagomorpha, Rodentia and Primates ...
Volobouev Vitaly +8 more
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Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide [PDF]
, 2014 Ecological trait data are essential for understanding the broad-scale distribution of biodiversity and its response to global change. For animals, diet represents a fundamental aspect of species’ evolutionary adaptations, ecological and functional roles,
Dalby, Lars +7 more
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