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Commentary: The missing sabertooth baculum-At what point might the absence of evidence reasonably be considered evidence of absence? [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Most carnivorans and all modern felids have ossified bacula; however, no machairodont baculum has ever been identified. This is true despite the many fairly complete skeletons found around the world of several sabertooth taxa. Although the bacula of modern felids are much smaller than those of canoids (even the least weasel's baculum is longer
Hartstone-Rose A.
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, 2020 Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) American Badger Taxidea taxus is primarily distributed throughout western and central Oklahoma but also has been documented in eastern counties. Caire et al. (1989) reported specimen records from 32 counties and observations from three counties.
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Endangered Species Research, 2015 In the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States, adult Agassiz’s desert tortoises Gopherus agassizii typically experience high survival, but population declines associated with anthropogenic impacts led to their listing as a threatened Species ...
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, 2005 Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 619, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Distribution of the Badger, Taxidea taxus, in southwestern Ontario
The Canadian field-naturalist, 1983 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Lintack, Wayne M., Voight, Dennis R.
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, 2015 The American badger is at home in grasslands and woodlands providing there is enough of its favored prey. Its mostly nocturnal habits seldom bring it into contact with people, but signs a badger is in the area such as tracks and holes can be found ...
Hagerty, Ryan, USFWS
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Using DNA from hairs left at depredated greater sage‐grouse nests to detect mammalian nest predators
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018 Despite a multitude of studies on sage‐grouse (Centrocercus spp.), there is still sparse information on the predator communities that influence sage‐grouse productivity and how these predator communities may change when sagebrush habitats are altered by ...
Christopher P. Kirol +3 more
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Use of visual stimuli increases count estimates for prairie dogs
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 Throughout North America, all 5 species of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) have experienced drastic population declines over the past century, which has subsequently affected a host of affiliated species.
Jesse T. Boulerice +3 more
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Pathogen and Rodenticide Exposure in American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) in California [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2012 Urban and agricultural land use may increase the risk of disease transmission among wildlife, domestic animals, and humans as we share ever-shrinking and fragmented habitat. American badgers (Taxidae taxus), a species of special concern in California, USA, live in proximity to urban development and often share habitat with livestock and small ...
Jessica H, Quinn +7 more
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Do artificial nests simulate nest success of greater sage-grouse?
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Artificial nests have been used to study factors affecting nest success because researchers can manipulate them more than natural bird nests. Many researchers have questioned the validity of generalizing the results from artificial nests onto naturally ...
Jonathan B. Dinkins +2 more
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