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What's in a Name? Not All Mesopredators Are Mesocarnivores. [PDF]
Ecol EvolEcological terms like mesopredator and mesocarnivore have distinct meanings, the former denoting trophic rank, the latter diet composition, yet are frequently conflated, leading to conceptual ambiguity. We argue for returning to original definitions and advocate for context‐sensitive, precise language to improve clarity and accuracy in scientific ...
Madsen EK +14 more
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Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Terrestrial vertebrates from at least 30 distinct lineages in both extinct and extant clades have returned to aquatic environments. With these transitions came numerous morphological adaptations to accommodate life in water. Relatively little attention has been paid to the cervical region when tracking this transition.
Keller J +3 more
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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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A trade-off in vital rates for a large carnivore inhabiting an anthropogenic landscape and a protected island ecosystem. [PDF]
Ecol ApplAbstract Anthropogenic landscapes generally provide abundant human foods but increase mortality risk, which can alter vital rates for some species. Some species exhibit altered survival in anthropogenic landscapes, whereas others exhibit changes in reproduction.
Cooper MR +4 more
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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.
Braun, Janet K. +3 more
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Observations of Nocturnal Hunting Behaviour of American Badgers, Taxidea taxus, in Southwestern Saskatchewan [PDF]
, 2013 This study describes the nocturnal hunting behaviour of American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) in areas inhabited by Richardson’s Ground Squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii) in southwestern Saskatchewan.
Proulx, Gilbert +2 more
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, 2006 Published as part of Brant, Joel G., Dowler, Robert C. & Ebeling, Carla E., 2006, The Mammals Of San Angelo State Park, Tom Green County, Texas, pp.
Brant, Joel G. +2 more
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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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Nuevos registros para el mapache, procyon lotor (carnivora: procyonidae) y el tlalcoyote, taxidea taxus (carnivora: mustelidae) en Chihuahua y Durango, México [PDF]
, 2017 Seven new records of Taxidea taxus (American badger) and Procyon lotor (raccoon) were documented for the northern states of Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. Four of them are new localities for T.
Jesús A. Fernández +5 more
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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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