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Describing Diet of Imperiled Sierra Nevada Red Foxes and a Carnivoran Competitor Using DNA Metabarcoding. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Montane red foxes (Vulpes vulpes ssp.) native to western North America are of broad conservation interest, but their ecology is poorly understood due to their rarity. We examined the diet of the Sierra Nevada red fox (V. v. necator) in an unstudied portion of their range in Oregon, USA, then evaluated dietary overlap between red fox and coyote (Canis ...
Delheimer MS, Martin ME, Hartman J, Moriarty KM, Allen JM, Levi T.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Molecular Method Based on Hydrolysis Probe Assays to Identify the Sex Chromosomes of Iberian Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) Using Non-Invasive Sampling. [PDF]

Integr Zool
To monitor populations of an endangered species such as Galemys pyrenaicus in the Extremadura area, qPCR techniques have been used to determine sex, using non‐invasive sampling techniques. ABSTRACT Desmans belong to the subfamily Desmaninae, which are members of the family Talpidae.
Ripa A, Palacios-Gonzalez MJ, Díaz-Caballero JA, Espinosa A, Zalba FJ, García-Zapata JL, Fernádez-García JL.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trapped in the morphospace: The relationship between morphological integration and functional performance. [PDF]

Evolution, 2022
Abstract The evolution of complex morphological structures can be characterized by the interplay between different anatomical regions evolving under functional integration in response to shared selective pressures. Using the highly derived humeral morphology of talpid moles as a model, here we test whether functional performance is linked to increased ...
Sansalone G, Paolo C, Riccardo C, Stephen W, Silvia C, Pasquale R.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Myoglobin primary structure reveals multiple convergent transitions to semi-aquatic life in the world's smallest mammalian divers

eLife, 2021
The speciose mammalian order Eulipotyphla (moles, shrews, hedgehogs, solenodons) combines an unusual diversity of semi-aquatic, semi-fossorial, and fossorial forms that arose from terrestrial forbearers. However, our understanding of the ecomorphological
Kai He, Triston G Eastman, Hannah Czolacz, Shuhao Li, Akio Shinohara, Shin-ichiro Kawada, Mark S Springer, Michael Berenbrink, Kevin L Campbell   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Variation in the Diversity of the Gut Microbiota of Short-Faced Moles Reveals the Associations of Climatic Factors on the Gut Microbiota of Subterranean Mammals. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Significant seasonal differences in the diversity of the gut microbiota of the short‐faced moles. Compared to spring, the diversity and function of gut microbiota in summer and autumn are more similar to each other. Climatic factors are found to have a significant association with the seasonal variation of the gut microbiota of short‐faced moles ...
Xu D, Wu M, Gao Z, Zhao Y, Hu M, Wen Y, Wang L, Xu D, Chen L.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the European common mole (Talpa europaea). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND:The discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in shrews (Order Soricomorpha, Family Soricidae) from widely separated geographic regions challenges the hypothesis that rodents (Order Rodentia, Family Muridae and Cricetidae) are the ...
Hae Ji Kang, Shannon N Bennett, Laarni Sumibcay, Satoru Arai, Andrew G Hope, Gabor Mocz, Jin-Won Song, Joseph A Cook, Richard Yanagihara   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Activity of Cathelicidin-Derived Peptide from the Iberian Mole Talpa occidentalis

Vaccines, 2022
The immune systems of all vertebrates contain cathelicidins, a family of antimicrobial peptides. Cathelicidins are a type of innate immune effector that have a number of biological functions, including a well-known direct antibacterial action and ...
Andrea Otazo-Pérez, Patricia Asensio-Calavia, Sergio González-Acosta, Victoria Baca-González, Manuel R. López, Antonio Morales-delaNuez, José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative morpho‐functional analysis of the humerus and ulna in three Western European moles species of the genus Talpa, including the newly described T. aquitania

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 2, Page 257-276, February 2023., 2023
3D geometric morphometrics has been applied on the humerus and ulna of three European mole species: T. occidentalis, T. europeae and including the newly described T. aquitania. Specific shape differences have been found both on the humerus and ulna, in relation with muscle attachments and their digging abilities.
Pauline Costes, Estelle Klein, Arnaud Delapré, Céline Houssin, Violaine Nicolas, Raphaël Cornette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphometric divergence in southern European moles (Insectívora, Talpidae) [PDF]

Bollettino di zoologia, 1987
Abstract Evolutionary divergence in southern European moles (Talpa eu‐ropaea T. romana, T. stankovici, T. caeca caeca, T. c. hercegoviniensis) was investigated through multivariate morphometrics. The high discrimination shown by taxa seems to be related to geographic independent evolution that occurred during the Pleistocene. Whilst the Balkanic T.
CORTI M., LOY, Anna
openaire   +2 more sources

Zoo-FISH in the European mole (Talpa europaea) detects all ancestral Boreo-Eutherian human homologous chromosome associations [PDF]

, 2006
Zoo-FISH with human whole-chromosome paint probes delineated syntenic association of human homologous chromosome segments 3-21, 14-15, 16-19, 4-8, 7-16 and 12-22 (twice) in the European mole (Talpa europaea, Talpidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia).
Jimenez R, Kawada S, M. Volleth, S. Müller, Telenius H, Zima J   +5 more
core   +1 more source