How does evolutionary evaluation illuminate body size among canids?

BP Tangredi, DF Lawler - American Journal of Veterinary …, 2024 - Am Vet Med Assoc
In this review, we examine mammalian body size as it reflects life history and genomic
composition, with a primary focus on canids and the domestication of the gray wolf. The …

Species delimitation and intraspecific diversification in recently diverged South American foxes

EJ Pizarro, B Julio-Kalajžić, N Sallaberry-Pincheira… - Mammal Research, 2024 - Springer
The divergence between the Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) and the South American
gray fox (L. griseus) represents a recent speciation event in South America. These taxa are …

Morphological and Genetics Support for a Hitherto Undescribed Spotted Cat Species (Genus Leopardus; Felidae, Carnivora) from the Southern Colombian Andes

M Ruiz-García, M Pinedo-Castro, JM Shostell - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 1989, a skin of a small spotted cat, from the Galeras Volcano in southern Colombia
(Nariño Department), was donated to the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt (identification, ID …

Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of all the Saimiri taxa (Cebidae, Primates) inferred from mt COI and COII gene sequences

M Ruiz-Garcia, K Luengas-Villamil, N Leguizamon… - Primates, 2015 - Springer
Some previous genetic studies have been performed to resolve the molecular phylogenetics
of the squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). However, these studies did not show consensus in how …

Small spotted bodies with multiple specific mitochondrial DNAs: existence of diverse and differentiated tigrina lineages or species (Leopardus spp: Felidae …

M Ruiz-García, M Pinedo-Castro… - Mitochondrial DNA Part …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
We analysed two sets of mitochondrial (mt) DNA data from tigrinas (traditionally, Leopardus
tigrinus) we sampled in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia …

How Many Species, Taxa, or Lineages of Cebus albifrons (Platyrrhini, Primates) Inhabit Ecuador? Insights from Mitogenomics

M Ruiz-García, S Sánchez-Castillo, MI Castillo… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
A first step in protecting groups of similarly structured organisms is to place them into
discrete taxa. Molecular genetics and phylogeny allow us to rebuild the evolutionary history …

[HTML][HTML] How many species of grey foxes (Canidae, Carnivora) are there in southern South America?

MA Chemisquy, FJ Prevosti, P Martínez… - Mastozoología …, 2019 - redalyc.org
Two species of grey foxes are recognized in the Southern Cone of America: Lycalopex
griseus, and L. gymnocercus, which were traditionally separated by size and some cranial …

First Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lagothrix Taxon Living in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia: Lagothrix lagothrichatschudii (Atelidae, Primates), a …

M Ruiz-García, A Albino, M Pinedo-Castro… - Folia …, 2019 - karger.com
We sequenced mitochondrial COI and COII genes (1,377 base pairs) of 166 woolly monkeys
(Lagothrix) to determine the phylogenetic relationships of tschudii in reference to the other …

Mitogenomics of the jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi, Felidae, Carnivora): Disagreement between morphological subspecies and molecular data

M Ruiz-García, M Pinedo-Castro, JM Shostell - Mammalian Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
We analyzed 80 mitogenomes of the elusive jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi, Felidae,
Carnivora), representing seven of the eight putative morphological subspecies traditionally …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative mitogenome phylogeography of two anteater genera (Tamandua and Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophagidae, Xenarthra): Evidence of discrepant …

M Ruiz-García, D Pinilla-Beltrán… - Zoological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The species within Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters, and armadillos) are quintessential South
American mammals. Of the three groups, Vermilingua (anteaters) contains the fewest extant …