Traditional Dipodomys(sub)species identification uses geography,phenotype,and external/skull measurements.Such measurements are correlated with size and thus redundant.I assessed the value of scaled cranial shape,based...
TheÇorakyerler fossil locality in Anatolia reveals unique faunal elements.This study introduces Hystrix kayae sp.nov.,a new Late Miocene porcupine initially classified as Hystrix sp.Yavuz et al.,2018.This finding expa...
Morphometric studies of 3D micro CT-scanned images can provide insights into the evolution of the brain and sensory structures but such data are still scarce for the most diverse mammalian order of rodents.From review...
Recent phylogenetic studies amended the taxonomy of three-toed jerboas(subfamily Dipodinae),including raising subspecies to full species.Here,we use geometric morphometrics to compare scaled-shape differences in dipod...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970399,32070424,32001223)。
DEAR EDITOR,A new species of the genus Typhlomys Milne-Edwards,1877(Rodentia:Platacanthomyidae)is described based on 10 specimens collected from Chongqing in southwestern China using integrated taxonomy.Phylogenetic a...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)Program(2019QZKK05010218,2019QZKK05010110);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32100339,31871277);supported by the Yunling Scholar Project;Ten-Thousand Talents Plan of Yunnan Province;supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences。
Zokors in the genus Eospalax,which are endemic to northern and western China,are subterranean rodents that inhabit various niches,including grasslands,high-altitude meadows,forests,and farmlands.Six species in Eospala...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41372020, 41472013);the Northwest University Graduate Innovation and Creativity Funds (Grant No. YZZ17197)。
The fossil hamster(an isolated m1) from the early Early Pleistocene Houhecun fauna found in Dali, Weinan, Shaanxi, China, originally identified as Kowalskia dalinica, is reexamined. Its unique characters, including a ...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP,2019QZKK0501);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32000304);Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(202101AT070294);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0505200);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20050202);Biodiversity Survey,Monitoring and Assessment(2019HB2096001006);Kadoorie Farm&Botanic Garden。
The flying squirrels(Pteromyini,Rodentia)are the most diverse and widely distributed group of gliding mammals.Taxonomic boundaries and relationships within flying squirrels remain an area of active research in mammalo...
the Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM);the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT,CVU 672462)for their support for IC’s masters courses.
Ecological Niche Modeling uses the geographic coordinates of species presence records as the primary input to estimate potential geographic distributions.It is little known whether carrying out rigorous data pre-proce...
Allactaginae is a subfamily of dipodids consisting of four-and five-toed jerboas(Allactaga, Allactodipus,Orientallactaga, Pygeretmus, Scarturus) found in open habitats of Asia and North Africa. Recent molecular phylog...