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A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic South American mammal Macrauchenia patachonica

Nature Communications, 2017
Classification of the extinct South American native ungulates (SANUs) has posed a challenge given the absence of close, surviving relatives. Here, Westburyet al.
Michael Westbury, Sina Baleka, Axel Barlow, Stefanie Hartmann, Johanna L.A. Paijmans, Alejandro Kramarz, Analía M Forasiepi, Mariano Bond, Javier N. Gelfo, Marcelo A. Reguero, Patricio López-Mendoza, Matias Taglioretti, Fernando Scaglia, Andrés Rinderknecht, Washington Jones, Francisco Mena, Guillaume Billet, Christian de Muizon, José Luis Aguilar, Ross D.E. MacPhee, Michael Hofreiter   +20 more
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Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates [PDF]

, 2021
No large group of recently extinct placental mammals remains as evolutionarily cryptic as the approximately 280 genera grouped as 'South American native ungulates'.
Gelfo, Javier Nicolás, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo   +1 more
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New remains and paleoecology of uruguaytheriine astrapotheres (Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Bolivia [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Astrapotheres (Astrapotheria) are an order of South American native ungulates (SANUs), and the geologically youngest astrapotheres belong to the subfamily Uruguaytheriinae (Astrapotheriidae).
Julia Van Orman, Oscar E. Wilson, Angeline Catena, Smruthi Maganti, Federico Anaya, Darin A. Croft   +5 more
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A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin’s enigmatic South American mammal Macrauchenia patachonica [PDF]

, 2019
The unusual mix of morphological traits displayed by extinct South American native ungulates (SANUs) confounded both Charles Darwin, who first discovered them, and Richard Owen, who tried to resolve their relationships.
Kramarz, Alejandro, Jones, Washington, Baleka, Sina, MacPhee, Ross D. E., Taglioretti, Matías, Rinderknecht, Andrés, Gelfo, Javier Nicolás, Bond, Mariano, Scaglia, Fernando, Mena, Francisco, Paijmans, Johanna L.A., de Muizon, Christian, Hofreiter, Michael, Billet, Guillaume, Aguilar, José Luis, Barlow, Axel, Hartmann, Stefanie, López Mendoza, Patricio, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Forasiepi, Anaía M., Westbury, Michael   +20 more
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Possible Coevolution of Vampire Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodus) and Large Xenarthrans (Cingulata, Pilosa) in North America and South America During the Quaternary

Quaternary
Vampire bats likely first appeared in South America in the early Miocene (~20 Ma) and evolved to feed upon the blood of native South American mammals of medium to large body size, in particular, xenarthrans–ground sloths, armadillos, pampatheres, and ...
Gary Morgan, H. Gregory McDonald, Nicholas J. Czaplewski   +2 more
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
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Forensic Hydraulic Analysis of Floodplain Connectivity Driven by Historical Beaver Dams in Colorado Headwater Streams

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As ecosystem engineers, beavers (Castor canadensis) modify river corridor form through dam building. When beavers are removed from a river corridor, their unmaintained dams wash out, altering the stream's hydrologic regime. The assumption that beaver dams increase floodplain connectivity is frequently presumed but has not been directly ...
Kayla Schultz, Ryan R. Morrison, Sara Rathburn, Connor Mertz, Nicholas Christensen   +4 more
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Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Trigonostylops wortmani, an Eocene South American native ungulate (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 449)

, 2021
183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.In 1933 George G. Simpson described a remarkably complete skull of Trigonostylops, an Eocene South American native ungulate (SANU) whose relationships were, in his mind, quite uncertain.
Kramarz, Alejandro, Bond, Mariano, Forasiepi, Analía M., MacPhee, R. D. E., Hernández Del Pino, Santiago, Sulser, R. Benjamin   +5 more
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Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Worldwide, transportation agencies have been involved in road mitigation efforts to reduce road mortality and promote connectivity of endangered species. Baseline data on how mammals respond to highway construction, however, are rarely collected in road mitigation and monitoring studies, including in the USA.
Thomas J. Yamashita, Jason V. Lombardi, Zachary M. Wardle, Michael E. Tewes, John H. Young   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal mapping the usable space of free‐roaming equids across the western United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Identification of the inter‐decadal (2010‐2011) enhancement‐degradation gradients in the usable space for wild equid Herd Management Areas in the Great Basin, USA. Abstract Management of feral equids in the American West is hindered by the lack of a formal habitat map and monitoring system.
Alexander Hernandez, Eric Thacker, Kaden Patten, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source