Phylogenomics of Tetraopes longhorn beetles unravels their evolutionary history and biogeographic origins

N Gutiérrez-Trejo, MH Van Dam, AW Lam… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Tetraopes longhorn beetles are known for their resistance to milkweed plant toxins and their
coevolutionary dynamics with milkweed plants (Asclepias). This association is considered a …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of Skunks in the Epidemiology of Rabies in the State of Yucatan from 2000 to 2022: Current Perspectives and Future Research Directions

P Puebla-Rodríguez, OP García-González… - Microorganisms, 2025‏ - mdpi.com
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) bestowed upon Mexico the status of a country free from canine-transmitted human …

Museomics and the holotype of a critically endangered cricetid rodent provide key evidence of an undescribed genus

S Castañeda-Rico, CW Edwards… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Historical DNA obtained from voucher specimens housed in natural history museums
worldwide have allowed the study of elusive, rare or even extinct species that in many cases …

Pasture and diurnal temperature are key predictors of regional Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta) distribution

KM White, AE Cheeseman, JD Stafford… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta) is a small carnivore native to
central North America that has experienced significant population reductions, and there is a …

Mitochondrial Genomes of the United States Distribution of Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Reveal a Major Phylogeographic Break at the Great Plains Suture …

DM Reding, S Castañeda-Rico, S Shirazi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
We examined phylogeographic structure in gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) across the
United States to identify the location of secondary contact zone (s) between eastern and …

Mitochondrial introgression and mito-nuclear discordance obscured the closely related species boundaries in Cletus Stål from China (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

X Dong, H Zhang, X Zhu, K Wang, H Xue, Z Ye… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Accurate taxonomy and delimitation are of great importance for pest control strategies and
management programs. Here, we focus on Cletus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae), which …

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species

FE Silva, JV do Amaral, C Roos, M Bowler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Bald uakaris, genus Cacajao, are Amazonian primates currently classified as one species
and four subspecies based on the patterns of pelage coloration. In this study, we test if their …

[HTML][HTML] Jaguars, ocelots, coatimundis… oh my: Species composition and temporal overlap of a diverse carnivore guild in the Sierra of Tamaulipas, México

AB Branney, S Carvajal, JV Lombardi… - Global Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Studying interspecific interactions and community composition within carnivore guilds are
often difficult to complete and is seldom done in North America. Here we used a historic …

Taxonomy as the first step towards conservation: an appraisal on the taxonomy of medium- and large-sized Neotropical mammals in the 21st century

A Feijó, MV Brandão - Zoologia (Curitiba), 2022‏ - SciELO Brasil
The Anthropocene brought an accelerated risk of extinction for species across the globe.
However, extinction proneness is not even across groups. Past and current events show …

Western spotted skunk spatial ecology in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest

MI Tosa, DB Lesmeister, T Levi - Ecosphere, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
A major threat to small mammalian carnivore populations is human‐induced land use
change, but conservation and management are inhibited by limited knowledge about their …