Our research is sponsored by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(No:31272289,31172065,31101629,J1210002);a grant(Y229YX5105)from the Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It is generally accepted that the high phenotypic diversity of mammals is a combined result of developmental constraint and ecological adaptation, although the influence of these endogenous and exogenous factors varie...
National Natural Science Fund of China (30970332);National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2007CB411600);Natural Science Found of Yunnan Province (2007C099M);Special Subjects Funds of National Natural Science Fund of China (J0930004)
The present study revisited the controversial taxonomic status ofPetaurista yunanensis, P. philippensis, P. hainana, and P. petaurista by using a considerably extended set of morphometrical characters (26 cranial var...
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Acadamy of Sciences(Grant No.KZCX2-103).
Aepyosciurinae, a new subfamily of Sciuridae, were found at the base of the early Pleistocene loess deposits in Dongxiang County, Gansu Province. Its unilaterally hyp-sodont and lophodont cheek teeth are unique among ...