Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize many aspects of science, including the
study of evolutionary morphology. While classical AI methods such as principal component …

Constraint is a fundamental concept in evolutionary theory. Morphology and ecology both
are limited by functional, historical and developmental factors to a subset of the theoretical …

We are in a modern biodiversity crisis that will restructure community compositions and
ecological functions globally. Large mammals, important contributors to ecosystem function …

Aim We investigate locomotor function in artiodactyls, represented by calcaneal gear ratio,
as it relates to multiple environments. Using an ecometric approach, we develop a trait …

Many studies have shown a correlation between postcranial anatomy and locomotor
behavior in mammals, but the postcrania of small mammals (< 5 kg) is often considered to …

This study examined whether radiographic images measurements of the calcaneus in cats
are determinative of sex and breed. For this purpose, radiographic images of 70 cats (37 …

With their past and current diversities, West Indian caviomorph rodents dominate the
terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Caribbean archipelago. Many of these species have …

Carnivorans are a highly diverse and successful group of mammals, found on the top of the
food chain. They originated in the Palaeocene (ca. 60 Ma) and have developed numerous …

Dissection reports of large cats (family Felidae) have been published since the late 19th
century. These reports generally describe the findings in words, show drawings of the …

The cheetah Acinonyx jubatus, the fastest living land mammal, is an atypical member of the
family Felidae. The extinct feline Miracinonyx trumani, known as the North American …