To elucidate the origins of the Japanese mammalian fauna from the perspectives of
biogeography and community ecology, I reviewed molecular phylogenetic and …

Regressive evolution involves the degeneration of formerly useful structures in a lineage
over time, and may be accompanied by the molecular decay of phenotype-specific genes …

The mammalian family Talpidae (moles, shrew moles, desmans) is characterized by diverse
ecomorphologies associated with terrestrial, semi-aquatic, semi-fossorial, fossorial, and …

The phylogeny of living pikas (Ochotonidae, Ochotona) remains obscure, and pika species
diversity in southwestern China has never been well explored. In this study, 96 tissue …

Accurate estimates of biodiversity are required for research in a broad array of biological
subdisciplines including ecology, evolution, systematics, conservation and biodiversity …

Using both nuclear and mitochondrial sequences, we demonstrate high genetic
differentiation in the genus Talpa and confirm the existence of cryptic species in the …

All scalopine moles are found in North America, except the Gansu mole (Scapanulus
oweni), which is endemic to central-west China. In 2019, we collected two specimens of …

Our understanding of the effect of Pleistocene climatic changes on the biodiversity of
European mammals mostly comes from phylogeographical studies of non-subterranean …

Simple Summary Talpidae animals are commonly used in ecological studies due to their
diverse ecotypes. In this study, by comparing the mitochondrial genomes of 14 species …

The patterns of morphometric variation in skulls among different species and among
intraspecies geographic populations, of five taxa (four species and one subspecies) of the …