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The Marine Mammal Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex Organization

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Sirenians share with cetaceans and pinnipeds several convergent traits selected for the aquatic lifestyle. Living in water poses new challenges not only for locomotion and feeding but also for combating new pathogens, which may render the immune system ...
André Luiz Alves de Sá, André Luiz Alves de Sá, Breanna Breaux, Tibério Cesar Tortola Burlamaqui, Thaddeus Charles Deiss, Leonardo Sena, Michael Frederick Criscitiello, Maria Paula Cruz Schneider   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Marine Mammal Cognition as a Conservation Tool

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Cognition is an animal's real‐time adaptation system for responding to change. Rapid environmental change, often anthropogenic, is expanding the range and severity of challenges confronting wild animals. Effective conservation requires a multifaceted approach that includes animals' capacities.
Gordon B. Bauer, Peter F. Cook, Heidi E. Harley, Jason Bruck, Mel Cosentino, Charles J. Deutsch, Nicola Erdsack, Wendi Fellner, Tabitha Gunnars, Heather Manitzas Hill, Sonia V. Kumar, Malin K. Lilley, Katherine A. McHugh, Jennifer Moore, Juliana R. Moron, Andrea Ravignani, Roger L. Reep, Athena M. Rycyk, Laela S. Sayigh, Anikó Szegedi, Christina Toms, Randall S. Wells   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simplified result of the cladistic analysis on sirenian petrosal and bony labyrinth characters (see also S1).

, 2013
Strict consensus of 2975 trees. Tree length: 57; Consistency index (CI): 0.60; Retention index (RI):0.81; Homoplasy index (HI): 0.50; Rescaled consistency index (RC): 0.48. Bold lines represent fossil record. Geographic ranges of the sirenian from Chambi,
Rodolphe Tabuce (102851), Sylvain Adnet (102831), Mustapha Ben Haj Ali (102837), Laurent Marivaux (102839), Monique Vianey-Liaud (102848), Julien Benoit (102829), Hayet Khayati (102835), Samuel Merigeaud (102845), Essid El Mabrouk (102833), Gilles Merzeraud (102842)   +9 more
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On the supposed former Existence of a Sirenian

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1899
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +3 more sources

Case Report: Agonistic interaction between Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) and Tucuxi dolphins (Sotalia fluviatilis) in Brazil

Frontiers in Ethology
BackgroundInterspecific interactions play an important role in shaping ecological relationships, yet descriptions of social interspecific interactions in aquatic mammals remain scarce.
Layse Albuquerque, Layse Albuquerque, Layse Albuquerque, Karen Lucchini, Karen Lucchini, Karen Lucchini, Matheus L. Soares, Daniel L. Z. Kantek, Fernanda L. N. Attademo, Fernanda L. N. Attademo, Bruna Bezerra, Bruna Bezerra, Fábia O. Luna   +12 more
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Paleontological Note: Cenozoic Vertebrates from the Gulf Coastal Plain-I [PDF]

, 2017
This report notes two small marine Tertiary vertebrae faunas from east-central Mississippi including the first reported Oligocene sirenian from the southeast.
Jackson, Jr., Crawford G., Arata, Andrew A.   +1 more
core  

Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia: dugongs and manatees [PDF]

, 2011
Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, live in the coastal waters, rivers and lakes of more than 80 subtropical and tropical countries.
Marsh, Helene, O'Shea, Thomas J., Reynolds, John E.   +2 more
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From teeth to pad: tooth loss and development of keratinous structures in sirenians. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2023
Hautier L, Gomes Rodrigues H, Ferreira-Cardoso S, Emerling CA, Porcher ML, Asher RJ, Portela Miguez R, Delsuc F.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reply to: "Steller's sea cow uncertain history illustrates importance of ecological context when interpreting demographic histories from genomes". [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2022
Sharko FS, Rastorguev SM, Tikhonov AN, Nedoluzhko AV.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Learning from the heaviest ancient whale. [PDF]

Innovation (Camb), 2023
Zhang P, Goodman SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source