Hybridization in Canids—A Case Study of Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) and Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) Hybrid

BE Szynwelski, R Kretschmer, CA Matzenbacher… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In South America, the natural habitats of wild canids have undergone
significant environmental disruptions, leading to interactions between these animals and …

Extensive Phylogenomic Discordance and the Complex Evolutionary History of the Neotropical Cat Genus Leopardus

J Lescroart, A Bonilla-Sánchez… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Even in the genomics era, the phylogeny of Neotropical small felids comprised in the genus
Leopardus remains contentious. We used whole-genome resequencing data to construct a …

Landscape genetics outperforms habitat suitability in predicting landscape resistance for congeneric cat species

CC Sartor, HY Wan, JA Pereira, E Eizirik… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The use of landscape resistance maps to model connectivity has become an
indispensable tool for species conservation. However, different methods can be used to …

Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats' hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species

TG de Oliveira, LA Fox-Rosales… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Recently, the tiger-cat species complex was split into Leopardus tigrinus and Leopardus
guttulus, along with other proposed schemes. We performed a detailed analysis integrating …

Widespread reticulate evolution in an adaptive radiation

D DeBaun, N Rabibisoa, AP Raselimanana… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A fundamental assumption of evolutionary biology is that phylogeny follows a bifurcating
process. However, hybrid speciation and introgression are becoming more widely …

Under pressure: suitable areas for neotropical cats within an under protected biodiversity hotspot

P Ribeiro-Souza, J Haji, J Oshima, F Lima… - Remote Sensing …, 2024 - Elsevier
A bstract Understand which factors influence the distribution of feline species can contribute
to better planning of conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot. We modeled the …

Conservation genomics of Neotropical carnivores

E Eizirik, V de Ferran, CC Sartor, FJ Trindade… - … Genetics in the …, 2023 - Springer
The chapter addresses the current state of the field of conservation genomics focused on
neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora), the history of its development in the last …

Seeing the Big‐to Fine‐Grained Picture: Exploring the Baseline Status of Mammal Occupancy Across Myanmar Using Scale‐Optimised Modelling

PP Kyaw, SA Cushman, Ż Kaszta… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aim Myanmar, an Indo‐Burmese biodiversity hotspot, lacks baseline data on
species occurrence and distribution. This hinders biodiversity monitoring and optimisation of …

Prioritizing conservation areas to mitigate connectivity loss and local extinction risk of a small carnivore (Leopardus guttulus) in South America

CC Sartor, SA Cushman, HY Wan, FP Tirelli… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Effective conservation management depends on the maintenance of key areas that allow
population connectivity across the landscape. However, the lack of knowledge of how …

Seeing the Big-to Fine-Grained Picture

PP Kyaw, SA Cushman, Ż Kaszta, D Burnham… - Diversity and …, 2024 - JSTOR
Aim: Myanmar, an Indo-Burmese biodiversity hotspot, lacks baseline data on species
occurrence and distribution. This hinders biodiversity monitoring and optimisation of …