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Ophthalmology of Perissodactyla: Zebras, Tapirs, Rhinoceroses, and Relatives
In phylogenetic systematics, Perissodactyla represents an order of the class Mammalia and comprises the odd-toed ungulates. The order is...
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Late Miocene Hipparion (Equidae, Perissodactyla) fossils from Fugu, northern Shaanxi, China, and their stratigraphic significance
We describe new material of Hipparion ( Hippotherium ) chiai from Fugu, northern Shaanxi, China. This collection represents the greatest number of...
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New Material of Schizotheriine Chalicothere (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae) from the **anshuihe Formation (Early Miocene) of Lanzhou Basin, Northwest China
A new schizotheriine mandible from the early Miocene **anshuihe Formation in Lanzhou Basin, Northwest China is described here. Compared with other...
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Twelve toll-like receptor (TLR) genes in the family Equidae – comparative genomics, selection and evolution
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) represent an important part of the innate immune system. While human and murine TLRs have been intensively studied, little...
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Author Correction: The origin of Rhinocerotoidea and phylogeny of Ceratomorpha (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01660-x
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Publisher Correction: Author Correction: The origin of Rhinocerotoidea and phylogeny of Ceratomorpha (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01852-5
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The mitochondrial genome of the mountain wooly tapir, Tapirus pinchaque and a formal test of the effect of altitude on the adaptive evolution of mitochondrial protein coding genes in odd-toed ungulates
BackgroundThe harsh conditions of high-altitude environments are known to drive the evolution of physiological and morphological traits in...
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The origin of Rhinocerotoidea and phylogeny of Ceratomorpha (Mammalia, Perissodactyla)
Rhinoceroses have been considered to have originated from tapiroids in the middle Eocene; however, the transition remains controversial, and the...
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Did some extinct South American native ungulates arise from an afrothere ancestor? A critical appraisal of Avilla and Mothé’s (2021) Sudamericungulata – Panameridiungulata hypothesis
The debate regarding the evolutionary relationships of the extinct South American native ungulates (SANUs) to the major placental clades Afrotheria...
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Unraveling differences in fecal microbiota stability in mammals: from high variable carnivores and consistently stable herbivores
BackgroundThrough the rapid development in DNA sequencing methods and tools, microbiome studies on a various number of species were performed during...
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A Review of the Conservation Status of Neotropical Mammals
The Neotropical region is probably the most biodiverse on the planet. It contains around 1700 species of mammals grouped in 15 orders. The number of...
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Evaluating cpn60 for high-resolution profiling of the mammalian skin microbiome and detection of phylosymbiosis
Despite being the most widely used phylogenetic marker for amplicon-based profiling of microbial communities, limited phylogenetic resolution of the...
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Divergent vertebral formulae shape the evolution of axial complexity in mammals
Complexity, defined as the number of parts and their degree of differentiation, is a poorly explored aspect of macroevolutionary dynamics. The...
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Paleoneurology of Litopterna: Digital and Natural Endocranial Casts of Macraucheniidae
The Litopterna Ameghino 1889, is the second largest group of South American native ungulates in abundance and diversity after Notoungulata. The study...
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Exploring objective feature sets in constructing the evolution relationship of animal genome sequences
BackgroundExploring evolution regularities of genome sequences and constructing more objective species evolution relationships at the genomic level...
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Dental microwear textures and dietary preferences of extant rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)
Rhinoceroses were conspicuous elements in Cenozoic ecosystems, and studying the ecological behavior of extant species might unravel the ecology of...
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Why There Are No Modern Equids Living in Tropical Lowland Rainforests
Presently, the equid lineage occurs completely outside tropical rainforest environments, which is thought of as the cradle of Perissodactyls and...
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Major Clades of South American Mammals
In this chapter, I shall provide a brief introduction to the main lineages that form part of the early history of South American mammals. Here, the...
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Effects of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Ecosystems and Biodiversity, with an Emphasis on Amazonian Mammals
Natural climate changes have been responsible for new rearrangements of global biodiversity over geological time. The Anthropogenic Climate Change...