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Anatomy of the “false thumb” of Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora, Ursidae, Tremarctinae): phylogenetic and functional implications [PDF]
Estudios Geologicos, 2006 Se describe por primera vez el sesamoideo radial o “falso pulgar” del oso de anteojos (Tremarctos ornatus), mostrando la gran similitud morfológica con el del panda gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) y las diferencias que presenta con el resto de los ...
M. J. Salesa +5 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2007 Background Despite the small number of ursid species, bear phylogeny has long been a focus of study due to their conservation value, as all bear genera have been classified as endangered at either the species or subspecies level.
Oliver A Ryder, Ya-Ping Zhang
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Bears into the Niche-Space: Phylogeography and Phyloclimatic Model of the Family Ursidae
DiversityAssessing niche evolution remains an open question and an actively developing area of study. The family Ursidae consists of eight extant species for which, despite being the most studied family of carnivores, little is known about the influence of ...
Ella Vázquez-Domínguez
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Exploring dietary adaptations in Ursus minimus: a 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the mandible
BoreasThe extinct bear Ursus minimus, which lived in Europe during the Pliocene and possibly Early Pleistocene, is considered the common ancestor of all modern Ursini. U. minimus is thought to have been omnivorous, with a preference for invertebrates.
Anneke H. vanHeteren
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Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023 This paper presents the results of estimating the population density and abundance of Ursus arctos (hereinafter – brown bear) in the Southern Forestry of the Central Forest State Nature Biosphere Reserve (CFNR), West of European Russia, in 2021 based on ...
Sergey S. Ogurtsov
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Members of the family Ursidae in the Museum of Nature of Kharkiv University and their craniological features [PDF]
Theriologia Ukrainica, 2019 The exhibition and scientific collection of the Museum of Nature currently deposit 16 specimens of the family Ursidae (bears), which belong to three species and 6 subspecies.
Yuriy Iliukhin
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Phylogenetic signal analysis in the basicranium of Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Ursidae is a monophyletic group comprised of three subfamilies: Tremarctinae, Ursinae and Ailuropodinae, all of which have a rich geographical distribution.
María Eugenia Arnaudo +3 more
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Yuriy Illiukhin, a fauna researcher and museologist at the Museum of Nature of Kharkiv University
Novitates Theriologicae, 2023 An essay about a fellow museologist, a graduate of Kharkiv University and a senior researcher at the university’s Museum of Nature (MNKU). The researcher worked exclusively and consistently with the mammalian collections of MNKU, inventorying and ...
Igor Zagorodniuk
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Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020 The article presents the results of ecological niche and habitat suitability modelling of Ursus arctos, performed in the Central Forest State Nature Reserve and its buffer zone (Tver region, Russia), using the GNESFA factor analysis method.
Sergey S. Ogurtsov
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Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020 We assessed the human-bear interactions and distribution patterns of the Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (JSWNP) in Bhutan through a questionnaire survey of park residents and by remote camera trapping.
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