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Sosale MS, Roelke-Parker M, Machange GA, Edwards CW, Figueiró HV, Koepfli KP. The complete mitochondrial genome of Meller's mongoose ( Rhynchogale melleri). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2024; 9:432-436. [PMID: 38586507 PMCID: PMC10993741 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2333567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Meller's mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri) is a member of the family Herpestidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) and the sole species in the genus Rhynchogale. It is primarily found in savannas and open woodlands of eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we report the first complete mitochondrial genome for a female Meller's mongoose collected in Tanzania, generated using a genome-skimming approach. The mitogenome had a final length of 16,644 bp and a total of 37 annotated genes. Phylogenetic analysis validated the placement of this species in the herpestid subfamily Herpestinae. Ultimately, the outcomes of this research offer a genetic foundation for future studies of Meller's mongoose.
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- Medhini S. Sosale
- Department of Bioengineering, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
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- Laboratory Animal Science Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
- Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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- Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
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- Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
- Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
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Veron G, Daniel C, Pagani P, Do Linh San E, Kitchener AC, Hassanin A. A tale of two African mongooses (Carnivora: Herpestidae): differing genetic diversity and geographical structure across a continent. Mamm Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s42991-022-00321-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kusuma IF, Damia U, Megawati EI, Saputra F, Karnati S, Kusindarta DL, Wihadmadyatami H. Morphology of lingual papillae in the Javan mongoose (
Herpestes javanicus
) by scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Anat Histol Embryol 2022; 51:756-768. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Isna Fitranuansa Kusuma
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Julius Maximillian University Wurzburg Wurzburg Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia
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Garcia Arasco A, Manser M, Watson SK, Kyabulima S, Radford AN, Cant MA, Garcia M. Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with vocalizations from three mongoose species. Anim Behav 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Dispersal history of a globally introduced carnivore, the small Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata, with an emphasis on the Caribbean region. Biol Invasions 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02523-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lélias ML, Lemasson A, Lodé T. Social organization of otters in relation to their ecology. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Otter species are known to fluctuate intraspecifically from a solitary lifestyle to group-living arrangements. By examining what is known about habitat use and foraging style in otters of 13 different species, based on 93 studied sites, we assessed (1) the relationship between social habits and preferred habitats, (2) the relationship between species and prey preferences, and (3) the effect of predator avoidance on their social organization in order to assess the socio-ecological factors influencing otters. Females remain the core of their social stability. We show the major influence of habitats and feeding strategies (i.e. socio-ecology) of otters. The different species of solitary otters most often inhabit linear environments, such as freshwater ecosystems or wave-exposed marine coasts, and their habitat is often subject to disturbances that fragment their functional continuity. Social otters are more often found in extensive habitats with high plant cover, regular food resources and in areas with large predators compared to solitary species. The maintenance of regular resources and the fact that the main trophic resources are replenished rapidly might be determining factors driving sociality. Group-living and bachelor congregations among otters can also respond to pressure from large predators. This suggests that foraging, habitat use and the presence of large predators may be the drivers of sociality in otters. We conclude that most otters have a greater social potential than previously assumed, which is confirmed by their various vocalizations recently described.
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- Univ Rennes, Normandie Univ, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine) – UMR 6552, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Normandie Univ, CNRS, EthoS (Éthologie animale et humaine) – UMR 6552, Rennes, France
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Pinto PV, Godinho R, Verissimo LM, Gonçalves FM, Mills MS. Ansorge'S Cusimanse, Crossarchus ansorgei, in Angola: Range Extension and Phylogenetic Context. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.3957/056.050.0206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Pedro Vaz Pinto
- Fundação Kissama, Rua 60 Casa 560, Lar do Patriota, Luanda, Angola
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, P.O. Box 13404, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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Federico V, Allainé D, Gaillard JM, Cohas A. Evolutionary Pathways to Communal and Cooperative Breeding in Carnivores. Am Nat 2020; 195:1037-1055. [PMID: 32469664 DOI: 10.1086/708639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In animal societies, individuals can cooperate in a variety of tasks, including rearing young. Such cooperation is observed in complex social systems, including communal and cooperative breeding. In mammals, both these social systems are characterized by delayed dispersal and alloparenting, whereas only cooperative breeding involves reproductive suppression. While the evolution of communal breeding has been linked to direct fitness benefits of alloparenting, the direct fitness cost of reproductive suppression has led to the hypothesis that the evolution of cooperative breeding is driven by indirect fitness benefits accrued through raising the offspring of related individuals. To decipher between the evolutionary scenarios leading to communal and cooperative breeding in carnivores, we investigated the coevolution among delayed dispersal, reproductive suppression, and alloparenting. We reconstructed ancestral states and transition rates between these traits. We found that cooperative breeding and communal breeding evolved along separate pathways, with delayed dispersal as the first step for both. The three traits coevolved, enhancing and stabilizing one another, which resulted in cooperative social systems as opposed to intermediate configurations being stable. These findings promote the key role of coevolution among traits to stabilize cooperative social systems and highlight the specificities of evolutionary patterns of sociality in carnivores.
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Hira F, Mahmood TJ, Sakhawat A, Faraz A, Muhammad F, Shaista A. Sympatric mongoose species may opt for spatial adjustments to avoid feeding competition at Margalla Hills National Park Islamabad, Pakistan. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Fatima Hira
- F. Hira, T. J. Mahmood (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-7732) ✉ , A. Faraz, F. Muhammad and A. Shaista, Dept of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan. AF also at: Dept of Zoology, Univ
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- F. Hira, T. J. Mahmood (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-7732) ✉ , A. Faraz, F. Muhammad and A. Shaista, Dept of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan. AF also at: Dept of Zoology, Univ
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- A. Sakhawat, Islamabad Wildlife Management Board, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- F. Hira, T. J. Mahmood (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-7732) ✉ , A. Faraz, F. Muhammad and A. Shaista, Dept of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan. AF also at: Dept of Zoology, Univ
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- F. Hira, T. J. Mahmood (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-7732) ✉ , A. Faraz, F. Muhammad and A. Shaista, Dept of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan. AF also at: Dept of Zoology, Univ
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- F. Hira, T. J. Mahmood (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2432-7732) ✉ , A. Faraz, F. Muhammad and A. Shaista, Dept of Wildlife Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan. AF also at: Dept of Zoology, Univ
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Graw B, Kranstauber B, Manser MB. Social organization of a solitary carnivore: spatial behaviour, interactions and relatedness in the slender mongoose. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2019; 6:182160. [PMID: 31218040 PMCID: PMC6549956 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.182160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The majority of carnivore species are described as solitary, but little is known about their social organization and interactions with conspecifics. We investigated the spatial organization and social interactions as well as relatedness of slender mongooses (Galerella sanguinea) living in the southern Kalahari. This is a little studied small carnivore previously described as solitary with anecdotal evidence for male associations. In our study population, mongooses arranged in spatial groups consisting of one to three males and up to four females. Male ranges, based on sleeping sites, were large and overlapping, encompassing the smaller and more exclusive female ranges. Spatial groups could be distinguished by their behaviour, communal denning and home range. Within spatial groups animals communally denned in up to 33% of nights, mainly during winter months, presumably to gain thermoregulatory benefits. Associations of related males gained reproductive benefits likely through increased territorial and female defence. Our study supports slender mongooses to be better described as solitary foragers living in a complex system of spatial groups with amicable social interactions between specific individuals. We suggest that the recognition of underlying 'hidden' complexities in these apparently 'solitary' organizations needs to be accounted for when investigating group living and social behaviour.
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- Beke Graw
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, Northern Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, Northern Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Kalahari Research Centre, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Oguntuase BG, Ogunjemite BG, Meisel RP. Morphometric and genetic differentiation among populations of flat-headed cusimanse ( Crossarchus platycephalus) in Nigeria. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:7228-7235. [PMID: 30073081 PMCID: PMC6065274 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Geographic barriers can partition genetic diversity among populations and drive evolutionary divergence between populations, promoting the speciation process and affecting conservation goals. We integrated morphological and genomic data to assess the distribution of variation in the flat-headed cusimanse (Crossarchus platycephalus), a species of least conservation concern, on either side of the River Niger in Nigeria. Ecological disturbances affect the conservation status of many other animals in this region. The two populations were differentiated in the snout and fore limbs, with greater morphological diversity in the western population. We used Restriction site Associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) and identified two genotypic clusters in a STRUCTURE analysis. Individuals from the eastern population are almost entirely assigned to one cluster, whereas genotypes from the western population are a mixture of the two clusters. The population from west of the River Niger also had higher heterozygosity. The morphological and population genetic data are therefore in agreement that the population from west of the River Niger is more diverse than the eastern population, and the eastern population contains a subset of the genetic variation found in the western population. Our results demonstrate that combining morphological and genotypic measures of diversity can provide a congruent picture of the distribution of intraspecific variation. The results also suggest that future work should explore the role of the River Niger as a natural barrier to migration in Nigeria.
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- Bukola G. Oguntuase
- Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife ManagementFederal University of TechnologyAkureNigeria
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- Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife ManagementFederal University of TechnologyAkureNigeria
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- Department of Biology and BiochemistryUniversity of HoustonHoustonTexas
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Nichols CA, Alexander K. Creeping in the night: What might ecologists be missing? PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198277. [PMID: 29897948 PMCID: PMC5999080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Wildlife activity patterns tend to be defined by terms such as diurnal and nocturnal that might not fully depict the complexity of a species' life history strategy and behavior in a given system. These activity pattern categories often influence the methodological approaches employed, including the temporal period of study (daylight or nighttime). We evaluated banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) behavior in Northern Botswana through the use of remote sensing cameras at active den sites in order to characterize early morning behavior for this diurnal species. Our approach, however, provided the facility to capture unexpected nocturnal activity in a species that had otherwise only been studied during daylight hours. Camera traps were deployed for 215 trap days (24 hour data capture period) at den sites, capturing 5,472 photos over all events. Nocturnal activity was identified in 3% of trap days at study den sites with both vigilant and non-vigilant nocturnal behaviors identified. While vigilant behaviors involved troop fleeing responses, observations of non-vigilant behaviors suggest nonresident mongoose may investigate den sites of other troops during nocturnal time periods. There was no association between the occurrence of nocturnal activity and lunar phase (Fisher's exact test, n = 215, p = 0.638) and thus, increased moonlight was not identified as a factor influencing nocturnal behavior. The drivers and fitness consequences of these nocturnal activities remain uncertain and present intriguing areas for future research. Our findings highlight the need for ecological studies to more explicitly address and evaluate the potential for temporal variability in activity periods. Modifying our approach and embracing variation in wildlife activity patterns might provide new insights into the interaction between ecological phenomenon and species biology that spans the diurnal-nocturnal spectrum.
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- Carol Anne Nichols
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
- Centre for Conservation of African Resources, Animals, Communities, and Land use (CARACAL), Kasane, Botswana
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
- Centre for Conservation of African Resources, Animals, Communities, and Land use (CARACAL), Kasane, Botswana
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Zhou Y, Wang SR, Ma JZ. Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174902. [PMID: 28358848 PMCID: PMC5373635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Extant Feliformia species are one of the most diverse radiations of Carnivora (~123 species). Despite substantial recent interest in their conservation, diversification, and systematic study, no previous phylogeny contains a comprehensive species set, and no biogeography of this group is available. Here, we present a phylogenetic estimate for Feliformia with a comprehensive species set and establish a historical biogeography based on mitochondrial DNA. Both the Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogeny for Feliformia are elucidated in our analyses and are strongly consistent with many groups recognized in previous studies. The mitochondrial phylogenetic relationships of Felidae were for the first time successfully reconstructed in our analyses with strong supported. When divergence times and dispersal/vicariance histories were compared with historical sea level changes, four dispersal and six vicariance events were identified. These vicariance events were closely related with global sea level changes. The transgression of sea into the lowland plains between Eurasia and Africa may have caused the vicariance in these regions. A fall in the sea level during late Miocene to Pliocene produced the Bering strait land bridge, which assisted the migration of American Feliformia ancestors from Asia to North America. In contrast with the ‘sweepstakes hypothesis’, our results suggest that the climate cooling during 30–27 Ma assisted Feliformia migration from the African mainland to Madagascar by creating a short-lived ice bridge across the Mozambique Channel. Lineages-through-time plots revealed a large increase in lineages since the Mid-Miocene. During the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum, the ecosystems and population of Feliformia rapidly expanded. Subsequent climate cooling catalyzed immigration, speciation, and the extinction of Feliformia.
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- Yu Zhou
- College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- Feline Research Center of Chinese State Forestry Administration, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- Feline Research Center of Chinese State Forestry Administration, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- * E-mail:
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Graw B, Manser M. Life history patterns and biology of the slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea) in the Kalahari Desert. J Mammal 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Khoobdel M, Jafari H, Firouzi F. Evaluation of biological control of rattus population by mongoose (Herpestidae, Carnivora) in Abu-Musa Island, Iran. ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL DISEASE 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s2222-1808(16)61134-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Schneider TC, Kappeler PM, Pozzi L. Genetic population structure and relatedness in the narrow-striped mongoose ( Mungotictis decemlineata), a social Malagasy carnivore with sexual segregation. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:3734-3749. [PMID: 27231532 PMCID: PMC4864277 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Information on the genetic structure of animal populations can allow inferences about mechanisms shaping their social organization, dispersal, and mating system. The mongooses (Herpestidae) include some of the best-studied mammalian systems in this respect, but much less is known about their closest relatives, the Malagasy carnivores (Eupleridae), even though some of them exhibit unusual association patterns. We investigated the genetic structure of the Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), a small forest-dwelling gregarious carnivore exhibiting sexual segregation. Based on mtDNA and microsatellite analyses, we determined population-wide haplotype structure and sex-specific and within-group relatedness. Furthermore, we analyzed parentage and sibship relationships and the level of reproductive skew. We found a matrilinear population structure, with several neighboring female units sharing identical haplotypes. Within-group female relatedness was significantly higher than expected by chance in the majority of units. Haplotype diversity of males was significantly higher than in females, indicating male-biased dispersal. Relatedness within the majority of male associations did not differ from random, not proving any kin-directed benefits of male sociality in this case. We found indications for a mildly promiscuous mating system without monopolization of females by males, and low levels of reproductive skew in both sexes based on parentages of emergent young. Low relatedness within breeding pairs confirmed immigration by males and suggested similarities with patterns in social mongooses, providing a starting point for further investigations of mate choice and female control of reproduction and the connected behavioral mechanisms. Our study contributes to the understanding of the determinants of male sociality in carnivores as well as the mechanisms of female competition in species with small social units.
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- Tilman C. Schneider
- Department of Sociobiology/AnthropologyUniversity of GöttingenKellnerweg 6D‐37077GöttingenGermany
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology UnitGerman Primate CenterLeibniz Institute for Primate ResearchKellnerweg 4D‐37077GöttingenGermany
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- Department of Sociobiology/AnthropologyUniversity of GöttingenKellnerweg 6D‐37077GöttingenGermany
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology UnitGerman Primate CenterLeibniz Institute for Primate ResearchKellnerweg 4D‐37077GöttingenGermany
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- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology UnitGerman Primate CenterLeibniz Institute for Primate ResearchKellnerweg 4D‐37077GöttingenGermany
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Barros T, Gaubert P, Rocha RG, Bandeira V, Souto L, Mira A, Fonseca C. Mitochondrial demographic history of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), an expanding carnivore in the Iberian Peninsula. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Inoue E, Akomo-Okoue EF. Application of DNA barcoding techniques to mammal inventories in the African rain forest: droppings may inform us of the owners. TROPICS 2015. [DOI: 10.3759/tropics.23.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Eiji Inoue
- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
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Veron G, Patou ML, Debruyne R, Couloux A, Fernandez DAP, Wong ST, Fuchs J, Jennings AP. Systematics of the Southeast Asian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora): solving the mystery of the elusive collared mongoose and Palawan mongoose. Zool J Linn Soc 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Géraldine Veron
- UMR 7205 ISYEB; CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Institut de Systématique; Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- UMR 7205 ISYEB; CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Institut de Systématique; Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- UMS CNRS MNHN 2700; Outils et Méthodes de la Systématique Intégrative; Département Systématique & Evolution; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CP 26, 57 Rue Cuvier 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Genoscope; Centre National de Séquençage; 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, CP 5706, 91057 Evry Cedex France
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- Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center; PPM 219, Elopura 90000 Sandakan Sabah Malaysia
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- UMR 7205 ISYEB; CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Institut de Systématique; Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- UMR 7205 ISYEB; CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE; Institut de Systématique; Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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Sobrero R, Inostroza-Michael O, Hernández CE, Ebensperger LA. Phylogeny modulates the effects of ecological conditions on group living across hystricognath rodents. Anim Behav 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Macroecological evidence for competitive regional-scale interactions between the two major clades of mammal carnivores (Feliformia and Caniformia). PLoS One 2014; 9:e100553. [PMID: 24971629 PMCID: PMC4074115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Geographical gradients in species diversity are often explained by environmental factors such as climate and productivity. Biotic interactions play a key role in evolutionary diversification and may therefore also affect diversity patterns, but this has rarely been assessed. Here, we investigate whether negative competitive interactions shape the diversity patterns of the two major mammalian clades of carnivores, the suborders Caniformia (dogs and allies) and Feliformia (cats and allies) within the order Carnivora. We specifically test for a negative effect of feliform species richness on caniform species richness by a natural experiment, The Great American Interchange, which due to biogeographic lineage history and climate patterns caused tropical South America to be colonized by most caniform families, but only one feliform family. To this end we used regression modelling to investigate feliform and caniform richness patterns and their determinants with emphasis on contrasting the Old and New World tropics. We find that feliform richness is elevated in the Old World Tropics, while caniform richness is elevated in the New World Tropics. Models based on environmental variables alone underpredict caniform richness and overpredict feliform richness in the New World and vice versa in the Old World. We further show that models including feliform richness as a predictor for caniform species richness significantly improve predictions at the continental scale, albeit not at finer scales. Our results are consistent with a negative effect of feliforms on regional-scale caniform diversification within the tropics, probably indicating that niche space occupancy by the one clade constrains diversification in the other in the build-up of regional faunas, while negative interactions at smaller scales may be unimportant due to niche differentiation within the regional faunas.
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Sonet G, Colyn M, Verheyen E, Nagy ZT, Wendelen W, Van Rompaey H, Hulselmans J. Afrotropical forest-dwelling mongooses (Mammalia: Herpestidae: Crossarchus
) investigated by craniometry and mitochondrial DNA. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gontran Sonet
- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Brussels Belgium
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- CNRS, UMR 6553, ECOBIO; University of Rennes 1; Station Biologique de Paimpont; Paimpont France
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
- Directorate, Taxonomy and Phylogeny; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Brussels Belgium
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- Joint Experimental Molecular Unit; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Brussels Belgium
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- Vertebrate Department; Royal Museum for Central Africa; Tervuren Belgium
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium
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Schneider TC, Kappeler PM. Social systems and life-history characteristics of mongooses. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2013; 89:173-98. [PMID: 23865895 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Revised: 06/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The diversity of extant carnivores provides valuable opportunities for comparative research to illuminate general patterns of mammalian social evolution. Recent field studies on mongooses (Herpestidae), in particular, have generated detailed behavioural and demographic data allowing tests of assumptions and predictions of theories of social evolution. The first studies of the social systems of their closest relatives, the Malagasy Eupleridae, also have been initiated. The literature on mongooses was last reviewed over 25 years ago. In this review, we summarise the current state of knowledge on the social organisation, mating systems and social structure (especially competition and cooperation) of the two mongoose families. Our second aim is to evaluate the contributions of these studies to a better understanding of mammalian social evolution in general. Based on published reports or anecdotal information, we can classify 16 of the 34 species of Herpestidae as solitary and nine as group-living; there are insufficient data available for the remainder. There is a strong phylogenetic signal of sociality with permanent complex groups being limited to the genera Crossarchus, Helogale, Liberiictis, Mungos, and Suricata. Our review also indicates that studies of solitary and social mongooses have been conducted within different theoretical frameworks: whereas solitary species and transitions to gregariousness have been mainly investigated in relation to ecological determinants, the study of social patterns of highly social mongooses has instead been based on reproductive skew theory. In some group-living species, group size and composition were found to determine reproductive competition and cooperative breeding through group augmentation. Infanticide risk and inbreeding avoidance connect social organisation and social structure with reproductive tactics and life histories, but their specific impact on mongoose sociality is still difficult to evaluate. However, the level of reproductive skew in social mongooses is not only determined by the costs and benefits of suppressing each other's breeding attempts, but also influenced by resource abundance. Thus, dispersal, as a consequence of eviction, is also linked to the costs of co-breeding in the context of food competition. By linking these facts, we show that the socio-ecological model and reproductive skew theory share some determinants of social patterns. We also conclude that due to their long bio-geographical isolation and divergent selection pressures, future studies of the social systems of the Eupleridae will be of great value for the elucidation of general patterns in carnivore social evolution.
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- Tilman C Schneider
- Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Kellnerweg 6, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
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Cant MA, Vitikainen E, Nichols HJ. Demography and Social Evolution of Banded Mongooses. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407186-5.00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Rapson SA, Goldizen AW, Seddon JM. Species boundaries and possible hybridization between the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) and the slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 65:831-9. [PMID: 22940151 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Major climatic oscillations since the mid-Miocene climatic optimum are known to have played a key role in promoting speciation events. In this study we use molecular data to elucidate the evolutionary history of Galerella nigrata and link its divergence to known major climatic events. A total of 51 samples from G. nigrata and 17 from Galerella sanguinea were used to provide the first molecular evidence that G. nigrata may be a species in its own right. Both mitochondrial cytochrome b and the nuclear ß-fibrinogen intron seven sequences of G. nigrata form distinct monophyletic clades, separate from its sister species G. sanguinea. We estimate the divergence of these two species to have occurred 3.85-4.27 million years ago, coinciding with a period of the Plio-Pleistocene that was characterised by cooling global temperatures and strong aridity in southern Africa. However, evidence for potential hybridization between the two species was documented for ten individuals using phenotypic (pelage colouration) and/or molecular (nuclear and mtDNA sequences and microsatellite loci) data. There appeared to be a bias towards unidirectional hybridization with all potential hybrids showing mtDNA haplotypes from G. nigrata. We suggest that as the desert expanded across Namibia, G. sanguinea likely retreated with the savanna, leaving some mongooses stranded on the granite inselbergs of north-western Namibia. Subsequent adaptation of these mongooses to local conditions on granite inselbergs could have led to ecological speciation. Secondary contact zones would have been re-established with subsequent global warming events. It appears that the two species have not yet undergone complete reproductive isolation.
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- Sara A Rapson
- The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St. Lucia Campus, Australia.
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- Department of Botany and Zoology; University of Stellenbosch; Matieland; South Africa
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- Department of Botany and Zoology; University of Stellenbosch; Matieland; South Africa
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Nyakatura K, Bininda-Emonds ORP. Updating the evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia): a new species-level supertree complete with divergence time estimates. BMC Biol 2012; 10:12. [PMID: 22369503 PMCID: PMC3307490 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although it has proven to be an important foundation for investigations of carnivoran ecology, biology and evolution, the complete species-level supertree for Carnivora of Bininda-Emonds et al. is showing its age. Additional, largely molecular sequence data are now available for many species and the advancement of computer technology means that many of the limitations of the original analysis can now be avoided. We therefore sought to provide an updated estimate of the phylogenetic relationships within all extant Carnivora, again using supertree analysis to be able to analyze as much of the global phylogenetic database for the group as possible. RESULTS In total, 188 source trees were combined, representing 114 trees from the literature together with 74 newly constructed gene trees derived from nearly 45,000 bp of sequence data from GenBank. The greater availability of sequence data means that the new supertree is almost completely resolved and also better reflects current phylogenetic opinion (for example, supporting a monophyletic Mephitidae, Eupleridae and Prionodontidae; placing Nandinia binotata as sister to the remaining Feliformia). Following an initial rapid radiation, diversification rate analyses indicate a downturn in the net speciation rate within the past three million years as well as a possible increase some 18.0 million years ago; numerous diversification rate shifts within the order were also identified. CONCLUSIONS Together, the two carnivore supertrees remain the only complete phylogenetic estimates for all extant species and the new supertree, like the old one, will form a key tool in helping us to further understand the biology of this charismatic group of carnivores.
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- Katrin Nyakatura
- Institute for Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Erbertstrasse 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- AG Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, IBU-Faculty V, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Strasse 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Dalerum F. Descriptive versus explanatory hypotheses in evolutionary research: a potentially concerning bias exemplified by research into the evolution of social organisations in carnivores. ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2011.582043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Ruf I, Maier W. Topography of the chorda tympani nerve and the tensor tympani muscle in carnivores provides a new synapomorphy for Herpestidae (Carnivora, Mammalia). J Morphol 2009; 271:612-20. [PMID: 20017207 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The topographical relationship of the chorda tympani nerve (chorda tympani) to the tensor tympani muscle in the middle ear of carnivores provides new phylogenetic information. The examination of histological serial sections of 16 carnivore species representing most families revealed two distinct character states concerning the course of the chorda tympani: a hypotensoric state with the nerve running below the insertion tendon of the tensor tympani muscle, and an epitensoric state with the nerve running above the tendon. The shift from the plesiomorphic hypotensoric chorda tympani to the apomorphic epitensoric condition occurred once in carnivore phylogeny: Only in the herpestid species under study does the chorda tympani cross above the tensor tympani muscle. Therefore, we introduce the epitensoric pattern as a new synapomorphy for herpestids. Within the herpestids we find the following structural distinctions: Herpestes javanicus and Galerella sanguinea have a chorda tympani running in a sulcus directly above the insertion of the tensor tympani muscle, whereas in the eusocial herpestid species Suricata suricatta and Mungos mungo the chorda tympani lies far above the insertion of the muscle.
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- Irina Ruf
- Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Agnarsson I, Kuntner M, May-Collado LJ. Dogs, cats, and kin: a molecular species-level phylogeny of Carnivora. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 54:726-45. [PMID: 19900567 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 10/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/29/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Phylogenies underpin comparative biology as high-utility tools to test evolutionary and biogeographic hypotheses, inform on conservation strategies, and reveal the age and evolutionary histories of traits and lineages. As tools, most powerful are those phylogenies that contain all, or nearly all, of the taxa of a given group. Despite their obvious utility, such phylogenies, other than summary 'supertrees', are currently lacking for most mammalian orders, including the order Carnivora. Carnivora consists of about 270 extant species including most of the world's large terrestrial predators (e.g., the big cats, wolves, bears), as well as many of man's favorite wild (panda, cheetah, tiger) and domesticated animals (dog, cat). Distributed globally, carnivores are highly diverse ecologically, having occupied all major habitat types on the planet and being diverse in traits such as sociality, communication, body/brain size, and foraging ecology. Thus, numerous studies continue to address comparative questions within the order, highlighting the need for a detailed species-level phylogeny. Here we present a phylogeny of Carnivora that increases taxon sampling density from 28% in the most detailed primary-data study to date, to 82% containing 243 taxa (222 extant species, 17 subspecies). In addition to extant species, we sampled four extinct species: American cheetah, saber-toothed cat, cave bear and the giant short-faced bear. Bayesian analysis of cytochrome b sequences data-mined from GenBank results in a phylogenetic hypothesis that is largely congruent with prior studies based on fewer taxa but more characters. We find support for the monophyly of Carnivora, its major division into Caniformia and Feliformia, and for all but one family within the order. The only exception is the placement of the kinkajou outside Procyonidae, however, prior studies have already cast doubt on its family placement. In contrast, at the subfamily and genus level, our results indicate numerous problems with current classification. Our results also propose new, controversial hypotheses, such as the possible placement of the red panda (Ailuridae) sister to canids (Canidae). Our results confirm previous findings suggesting that the dog was domesticated from the Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) and are congruent with the Near East domestication of the cat. In sum, this study presents the most detailed species-level phylogeny of Carnivora to date and a much needed tool for comparative studies of carnivoran species. To demonstrate one such use, we perform a phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary distinctiveness (EDGE), which can be used to help establish conservation priorities. According with those criteria, and under one of the many possible sets of parameters, the highest priority Carnivora species for conservation of evolutionary diversity include: monk seals, giant and red panda, giant otter, otter civet, Owston's palm civet, sea otter, Liberian mongoose, spectacled bear, walrus, binturong, and the fossa.
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- Ingi Agnarsson
- Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931, Puerto Rico.
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Gaubert P, Zenatello M. Ancient DNA perspective on the failed introduction of mongooses in Italy during the XXth century. J Zool (1987) 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00614.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- P. Gaubert
- UMR BOREA IRD 207, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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Patou ML, McLenachan PA, Morley CG, Couloux A, Jennings AP, Veron G. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 53:69-80. [PMID: 19520178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 05/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Until now, phylogenetic studies of the mongooses (Carnivora, Herpestidae) have not included an exhaustive sampling of the Asian members of this family. In this study, we used mitochondrial (Cytochrome b and ND2), nuclear (beta-fibrinogen intron 7 and Transthyretin intron 1) sequences from almost all of the recognized mongoose species to produce a well-resolved phylogeny of the Herpestidae. We also performed molecular dating analyses to infer divergence dates of the different lineages within the Herpestidae. Our results confirmed the paraphyly of the Herpestes genus and other phylogenetic relationships, which previously had only been moderately supported. The Asian herpestid species were found to form a monophyletic group within the Herpestidae. Within the Asian species, a cyto-nuclear conflict was discovered between the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), the Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) and the Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), which may have occurred through interspecific hybridization. This study inferred an Early Miocene origin for the Herpestidae and a Middle Miocene origin for the Asian mongooses.
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- Marie-Lilith Patou
- Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité (CNRS UMR 7205), Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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le Roux A, Cherry MI, Gygax L, Manser MB. Vigilance behaviour and fitness consequences: comparing a solitary foraging and an obligate group-foraging mammal. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0762-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Vidya TNC, Balmforth Z, Le Roux A, Cherry MI. Genetic structure, relatedness and helping behaviour in the yellow mongoose in a farmland and a natural habitat. J Zool (1987) 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00551.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Olson LE, Blumstein DT. A trait-based approach to understand the evolution of complex coalitions in male mammals. Behav Ecol 2009. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The vocal repertoire in a solitary foraging carnivore, Cynictis penicillata, may reflect facultative sociality. Naturwissenschaften 2009; 96:575-84. [PMID: 19247627 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0506-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2008] [Revised: 12/17/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We describe the vocal repertoire of a facultatively social carnivore, the yellow mongoose, Cynictis penicillata. Using a combination of close-range observations, recordings and experiments with simulated predators, we were able to obtain clear descriptions of call structure and function for a wide range of calls used by this herpestid. The vocal repertoire of the yellow mongooses comprised ten call types, half of which were used in appeasing or fearful contexts and half in aggressive interactions. Data from this study suggest that the yellow mongoose uses an urgency-based alarm calling system, indicating high and low urgency through two distinct call types. Compared to solitary mongooses, the yellow mongoose has a large proportion of 'friendly' vocalisations that enhance group cohesion, but its vocal repertoire is smaller and less context-specific than those of obligate social species. This study of the vocal repertoire of the yellow mongoose is, to our knowledge, the most complete to have been conducted on a facultatively social species in its natural habitat.
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Dehghani R, Wanntorp L, Pagani P, Källersjö M, Werdelin L, Veron G. Phylogeography of the white-tailed mongoose (Herpestidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) based on partial sequences of the mtDNA control region. J Zool (1987) 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Golabek KA, Jordan NR, Clutton-Brock TH. Radiocollars do not affect the survival or foraging behaviour of wild meerkats. J Zool (1987) 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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le Roux A, Cherry MI, Manser MB. The audience effect in a facultatively social mammal, the yellow mongoose, Cynictis penicillata. Anim Behav 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sears KE, Goswami A, Flynn JJ, Niswander LA. The correlated evolution of Runx2 tandem repeats, transcriptional activity, and facial length in carnivora. Evol Dev 2008; 9:555-65. [PMID: 17976052 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2007.00196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To assess the ability of protein-coding mutations to contribute to subtle, inter-specific morphologic evolution, here, we test the hypothesis that mutations within the protein-coding region of runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) have played a role in facial evolution in 30 species from a naturally evolving group, the mammalian order Carnivora. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find significant correlations between changes in Runx2 glutamine-alanine tandem-repeat ratio, and both Runx2 transcriptional activity and carnivoran facial length. Furthermore, we identify a potential evolutionary mechanism for the correlation between Runx2 tandem repeat ratio and facial length. Specifically, our results are consistent with the Runx2 tandem repeat system providing a flexible genetic mechanism to rapidly change the timing of ossification. These heterochronic changes, in turn, potentially act on existing allometric variation in carnivoran facial length to generate the disparity in adult facial lengths observed among carnivoran species. Our results suggest that despite potentially great pleiotropic effects, changes to the protein-coding regions of genes such as Runx2 do occur and have the potential to affect subtle morphologic evolution across a diverse array of species in naturally evolving lineages.
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- K E Sears
- Pediatrics Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 12800 East, 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Friscia AR, Van Valkenburgh B, Biknevicius AR. An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans. J Zool (1987) 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Markotter W, Kuzmin I, Rupprecht CE, Randles J, Sabeta CT, Wandeler AI, Nel LH. Isolation of Lagos bat virus from water mongoose. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 12:1913-8. [PMID: 17326944 PMCID: PMC3291357 DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A genotype 2 lyssavirus, Lagos bat virus (LBV), was isolated from a terrestrial wildlife species (water mongoose) in August 2004 in the Durban area of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The virus isolate was confirmed as LBV by antigenic and genetic characterization, and the mongoose was identified as Atilax paludinosus by mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence analysis. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated sequence homology with previous LBV isolates from South African bats. Studies performed in mice indicated that the peripheral pathogenicity of LBV had been underestimated in previous studies. Surveillance strategies for LBV in Africa must be improved to better understand the epidemiology of this virus and to make informed decisions on future vaccine strategies because evidence is insufficent that current rabies vaccines provide protection against LBV.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Allerton Veterinary Laboratory, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
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Gusset M. Banded together: a review of the factors favouring group living in a social carnivore, the banded mongoose Mungos mungo (Carnivora: Herpestidae). MAMMALIA 2007. [DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2007.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Veron G, Patou ML, Pothet G, Simberloff D, Jennings AP. Systematic status and biogeography of the Javan and small Indian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). ZOOL SCR 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thulin CG, Simberloff D, Barun A, McCracken G, Pascal M, Islam MA. Genetic divergence in the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), a widely distributed invasive species. Mol Ecol 2006; 15:3947-56. [PMID: 17054495 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The combination of founder events, random drift and new selective forces experienced by introduced species typically lowers genetic variation and induces differentiation from the ancestral population. Here, we investigate microsatellite differentiation between introduced and native populations of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus). Many expectations based on introduction history, such as loss of alleles and relationships among populations, are confirmed. Nevertheless, when applying population assignment methods to our data, we observe a few specimens that are incorrectly assigned and/or appear to have a mixed ancestry, despite estimates of substantial population differentiation. Thus, we suggest that population assignments of individuals should be viewed as tentative and that there should be agreement among different algorithms before assignments are applied in conservation or management. Further, we find no congruence between previously reported morphological differentiation and the sorting of microsatellite variation. Some introduced populations have retained much genetic variation while others have not, irrespective of morphology. Finally, we find alleles from the sympatric grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) in one small Indian mongoose within the native range, suggesting an alternative explanation for morphological differentiation involving a shift in female preferences in allopatry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carl-Gustaf Thulin
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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