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Potential for population expansion by black bears in Alabama. 阿拉巴马州黑熊人口扩张的潜力。
IF 1.6 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-05-30 eCollection Date: 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf026
Hannah Jane Leeper, Todd Steury, Chris Seals
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Interspecific effects of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) on native nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus). 入侵野猪对本地九带犰狳的种间效应。
IF 1.6 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-04-21 eCollection Date: 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf023
Matthew S Broadway, Holly M Todaro, Molly M Koeck, Courtney N Dotterweich, Sarah A Cain, Lindsey Buehler, M Colter Chitwood, Robert C Lonsinger
{"title":"Interspecific effects of invasive wild pigs (<i>Sus scrofa</i>) on native nine-banded armadillos (<i>Dasypus novemcinctus</i>).","authors":"Matthew S Broadway, Holly M Todaro, Molly M Koeck, Courtney N Dotterweich, Sarah A Cain, Lindsey Buehler, M Colter Chitwood, Robert C Lonsinger","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biological invasions pose significant risks to ecosystems and native species. Wild pigs (<i>Sus scrofa</i>) are a highly detrimental invasive species in North America, directly and indirectly affecting native species. Co-occurrence of wild pigs and native species may lead to interspecific interactions that alter ecological communities. Accordingly, we investigated spatial and temporal factors influencing detection and occupancy of Eurasian Wild Pig and Nine-banded Armadillo (<i>Dasypus novemcinctus</i>) before examining interspecific effects. We analyzed camera-trap data collected from August to September 2021 using a hierarchical modeling framework to estimate detection and occupancy of both species individually (single-species analyses) and concurrently (conditional co-occurrence analyses). We observed higher Wild Pig detection rates and space use in late summer and in areas with greater riparian cover, respectively. Armadillo detection increased linearly throughout our sampling season and in response to precipitation. Moreover, armadillo detection was 3.5 to 5.1× higher at sites used by wild pigs, regardless of whether wild pigs were detected during a survey period. Occupancy of armadillo was best explained by a quadratic trend in site elevation but did not depend on the presence of wild pigs. Our results indicate that wild pigs may influence armadillo detection (or site-use intensity), but not occupancy, therefore revealing nuanced interspecific interactions. Between species, we observed high overlap in diel activity but significantly different activity peaks, with armadillos being strictly nocturnal and wild pigs being crepuscular but with more cathemeral activity, suggesting that fine-scale temporal partitioning may have occurred. Our results provide insights into the influence of a large-bodied and destructive invasive species (Wild Pig) on a smaller, ecologically important native species (Nine-banded Armadillo).</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 4","pages":"976-988"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12341870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144849539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Climate drives genetic diversity loss in American Pika (Ochotona princeps) populations in the Great Basin. 气候导致大盆地美洲鼠兔(Ochotona princeps)种群遗传多样性丧失。
IF 1.6 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-03-26 eCollection Date: 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf021
Emily N Kulig, Jane Van Gunst, Michael J Hernandez, Yvonne Luong, Monica Villaseñor, Rachel S Crowhurst, Clinton W Epps, Jessica A Castillo Vardaro
{"title":"Climate drives genetic diversity loss in American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>) populations in the Great Basin.","authors":"Emily N Kulig, Jane Van Gunst, Michael J Hernandez, Yvonne Luong, Monica Villaseñor, Rachel S Crowhurst, Clinton W Epps, Jessica A Castillo Vardaro","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>American pikas (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>) are small, thermally sensitive mammals that primarily live in montane and alpine environments. The Sierra Nevada lineage (<i>O. p. schisticeps</i>) has experienced numerous local extinctions, most of which occurred in hotter, drier regions such as the Great Basin. Few genetic studies have assessed these at-risk populations. This study aims to fill that gap by conducting fine-scale genetic analyses on populations in low-elevation Great Basin habitat in northwestern Nevada. Specifically, we: (i) quantified genetic diversity and structure among populations within <i>O. p schisticeps</i>, with particular focus on northwestern Nevada; and (ii) assessed the influence of primary productivity and climate-related variables on genetic diversity within <i>O. p schisticeps</i>, as well as at the broader species level. Great Basin populations exhibited the lowest levels of genetic diversity. Within <i>O. p. schisticeps</i>, population genetic diversity was positively correlated with annual precipitation-while at the species level temperature explained the most variation in genetic diversity. These results provide insight into climate-driven range contractions predicted for this species and inform conservation and management decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 4","pages":"933-943"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12341900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144849537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: Scaptonyx) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. 文章标题高黎贡山长尾鼹鼠(Talpidae: Scaptonyx)的分类修正及一新种描述。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-03-15 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae142
Wen-Yu Song, Zhong-Zheng Chen, Quan Li, Wen-Hao Hu, Hong-Wei Zhou, Meng-Ru Xie, Xue-You Li, Xue-Long Jiang
{"title":"Taxonomic revision of the Long-tailed Mole (Talpidae: <i>Scaptonyx</i>) with description of a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains.","authors":"Wen-Yu Song, Zhong-Zheng Chen, Quan Li, Wen-Hao Hu, Hong-Wei Zhou, Meng-Ru Xie, Xue-You Li, Xue-Long Jiang","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae142","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Scaptonyx fusicauda</i> Milne-Edwards, 1872, is a mole species and a burrowing animal occurring from central China to northeastern Myanmar and northern Vietnam. This is the only extant species currently known in the genus <i>Scaptonyx</i> (Talpidae), but recent studies have revealed highly diverse lineages within this taxon. However, the broken type specimen and unspecified type locality of this species have hindered comparison between specimens towards a taxonomic evaluation. We reviewed the literature documenting the expeditions of the collector Armand David and narrowed down the type locality of this species to Minshan Mountain, western Sichuan, China. We compared <i>S. fusicauda</i> topotypes with specimens from 2 separated mountain ranges in western Yunnan, China-<i>S. f. affinis</i> Thomas, 1912 from the Baima Mountain and an undescribed species (<i>S.</i> sp. 1) from the Gaoligong Mountains. Specimens from the 3 localities can be distinguished by multiple external, craniomandibular, and dental characteristics. Phylogenies based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes also provided consistent topologies supporting <i>S. fusicauda</i>, <i>S. f. affinis,</i> and <i>S.</i> sp. 1 as distinct monophyletic species. <i>Scaptonyx</i> sp. 1 split from the sister clade (<i>S. fusicauda</i> + <i>S. f. affinis</i>) ca. 19.79 Ma, while <i>S. f. affinis</i> split from <i>S. fusicauda</i> ca. 9.56 Ma. Following these findings, we recognize <i>S. f. affinis</i> as a distinct species, <i>S. affinis</i>, and describe <i>S.</i> sp. 1 as a new species<i>. Scaptonyx fusicauda</i> occurs in the Sichuan Basin to the west, <i>S. affinis</i> from the mountains in the east of the Salween River to central China and northern Vietnam, and <i>S.</i> sp. 1 in the Gaoligong Mountains on the watersheds of the Irrawaddy and Salween rivers-encompassing western Yunnan, China, and northeastern Myanmar.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 3","pages":"782-797"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Estimating Leopard population sizes in western Mozambique using SNP-based capture-mark-recapture models. 使用基于snp的捕获-标记-再捕获模型估计莫桑比克西部豹的种群规模。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-02-27 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf004
Ryan E Forbes, Graham I H Kerley, Kristoffer T Everatt, Faruk P S Mamugy, Göran Spong
{"title":"Estimating Leopard population sizes in western Mozambique using SNP-based capture-mark-recapture models.","authors":"Ryan E Forbes, Graham I H Kerley, Kristoffer T Everatt, Faruk P S Mamugy, Göran Spong","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf004","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reliable population size estimates are imperative for effective conservation and management, but are notoriously difficult to obtain for rare, cryptic species such as large carnivores. Genetic capture-mark-recapture (CMR) models can provide robust population size estimates and may be conducted noninvasively during a single sampling period. African leopards (<i>Panthera pardus</i>) are listed as vulnerable, with declining populations. However, population size estimates are rare for much of their range. Here, we provide population size estimates for leopards in the Limpopo (LNP) and Banhine (BNP) national parks and the Lebombo Conservancy (LC), in western Mozambique. We estimate population sizes using SNP-based CMR models derived from genetic information acquired noninvasively from scats collected across the sites. Additionally, we compare our density estimates with those derived from trophic scaling to provide inferences on the drivers of Leopard density in the region. We estimate populations of 87, 15, and 13 leopards in LNP, BNP, and LC, respectively. Population size estimates derived from trophic scaling suggest that leopards are limited by bottom-up prey resources in LNP and LC, but there is evidence for top-down regulation in BNP. Given the precariousness of Leopard populations in the region, we urge use of population monitoring using genetic CMR models to inform conservation and management.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 3","pages":"632-638"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Age cohort definition and evidence of sexual dimorphism in the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons), a large Australian marsupial. 澳大利亚大型有袋动物南毛鼻袋熊(Lasiorhinus latifrons)的年龄队列定义和性别二态性证据。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-02-22 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf009
Shannon L Kleemann, David A Taggart
{"title":"Age cohort definition and evidence of sexual dimorphism in the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (<i>Lasiorhinus latifrons</i>), a large Australian marsupial.","authors":"Shannon L Kleemann, David A Taggart","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf009","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyaf009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ability to reliably differentiate age cohorts and detect and quantify sexual dimorphism in wildlife species is crucial before performing many ecological and biological analyses, including population demographics and commonly used body condition indices. In many wildlife species, however, these analyses are limited by a lack of detailed and reliable data. We used a long-term data set (>30 years and >2,600 individuals) to establish a method to reliably differentiate juvenile, subadult, and adult southern hairy-nosed wombats (<i>Lasiorhinus latifrons</i>) and provide evidence of sexual dimorphism in this species. Adult and subadult males were separated primarily through measurements of head width and head length, based on measurements from confirmed adult males (<i>n</i> = 160). We found adult males to have significantly longer (<i>P</i>-value = 4.374e<sup>-16</sup>) and wider (<i>P</i>-value = 2.2e<sup>-16</sup>) heads than adult females and a significantly longer pes length (<i>P</i>-value = < 2.2e<sup>-16</sup>). This divergence appears to occur when subadult males are approaching adulthood. However, no difference in body weight or total body length was observed between the sexes. Using these data, we established approximate size ranges for wombats of all age cohorts to underpin future research on the impacts of rainfall and drought on body condition, breeding, recruitment, and survival in this semiarid dwelling species. This research also highlights the importance of separating the sexes for analyses involving body measurements even when the species does not display obvious dimorphism.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 3","pages":"702-711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159530/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction to: The Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) exhibits minimal patterns of phylogeography across native and introduced sites. 更正:东部狐松鼠(Sciurus niger)在本地和引进的地点表现出最小的系统地理模式。
IF 1.6 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-02-13 eCollection Date: 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf005
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Population genetic structure of 2 mole species (Mogera imaizumii and M. wogura) in the Japanese Archipelago. 日本列岛2种鼹鼠种群遗传结构的研究。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-01-20 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae157
Takeru Tsunoi, Gohta Kinoshita, Reiko Mitsuhashi, Masashi Harada, Jun J Sato, Shoji Tatsumoto, Yasuhiro Go, Hitoshi Suzuki, Naoki Osada
{"title":"Population genetic structure of 2 mole species (<i>Mogera imaizumii</i> and <i>M. wogura</i>) in the Japanese Archipelago.","authors":"Takeru Tsunoi, Gohta Kinoshita, Reiko Mitsuhashi, Masashi Harada, Jun J Sato, Shoji Tatsumoto, Yasuhiro Go, Hitoshi Suzuki, Naoki Osada","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae157","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Japanese Archipelago hosts a diverse group of mammalian species, including subterranean moles, whose migratory and dispersion patterns are believed to have been significantly influenced by environmental fluctuations during the Quaternary period. However, the genetic structure of these species has not been extensively studied using large-scale molecular data. In this study, we explored the population structure of 2 widely distributed mole species in Japan: the Lesser Japanese Mole (<i>Mogera imaizumii</i>), found mainly in eastern Honshu with a few isolated patches in western Honshu, and the Large Japanese Mole (<i>M. wogura</i>), distributed in western Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. We constructed a genome sequence for <i>M. wogura</i> using the Chromium system and conducted a reduced genome representation analysis using multiplexed inter-simple sequence repeat genotyping by sequencing on <i>M. imaizumii</i> and <i>M. wogura</i>. Our findings indicate that <i>M. imaizumii</i> comprises 3 major genetic clusters (nc<i>Mim</i>- 1 to 3) that are strongly differentiated (fixation index ranging from 0.376 to 0.478). We discovered genetic connections between populations in the southern Kinki area and isolated populations in western Japan. <i>Mogera wogura</i> consists of 5 main genetic clusters (nc<i>Mwo</i>- 1 to 5). Evidence of introgression between 2 genetic clusters (nc<i>Mwo</i>-2/nc<i>Mwo</i>-3) was found among individuals from the Chugoku area, indicating secondary contact between the 2 differentiated populations. Both species shared a similar population boundary within the Kinki area, which may be associated with current and past geographic barriers. We confirmed that the Kinki region serves as an important site for the diversification of moles, where multiple factors (topographic barriers, interspecific interactions, and/or isolation related to vegetation) may have shaped their population genetic structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 3","pages":"576-586"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159533/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparing microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms to evaluate genetic structure and diversity in wolverines (Gulo gulo) across Alaska and western Canada. 比较微卫星和单核苷酸多态性以评估阿拉斯加和加拿大西部狼獾(Gulo Gulo)的遗传结构和多样性。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-01-15 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae151
Elise M Stacy, Martin D Robards, Thomas S Jung, Piia M Kukka, Jack Sullivan, Paul A Hohenlohe, Lisette P Waits
{"title":"Comparing microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms to evaluate genetic structure and diversity in wolverines (<i>Gulo gulo</i>) across Alaska and western Canada.","authors":"Elise M Stacy, Martin D Robards, Thomas S Jung, Piia M Kukka, Jack Sullivan, Paul A Hohenlohe, Lisette P Waits","doi":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae151","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jmammal/gyae151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is a cold-adapted species of conservation interest because it is sensitive to human development, disturbance, exploitation, and climate warming. Wolverine populations have been studied across much of their distributional range to evaluate patterns of genetic diversity, genetic structure, and gene flow. Little population structure has been detected in northwestern North America with microsatellite loci, but low genomic diversity in wolverines may limit detection of genetic differences in this highly vagile species. Here, we genotyped a relatively large sample of wolverines from across Alaska (US) and adjacent Yukon (Canada) with 12 microsatellite loci (<i>n </i>= 501) and 4,222 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; <i>n</i> = 201) identified using restriction-site associated DNA sequencing. We compared the relative ability of our microsatellite and SNP datasets to evaluate population genetic structure, genetic diversity, differentiation, and isolation by distance (IBD). We predicted that the SNP dataset would detect a higher degree of genetic structure and provide more significant support for IBD. We found evidence for multiple genetic clusters, including genetic distinctiveness of wolverines in southeast Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula. The SNP dataset detected additional genetic clusters that align largely with ecoregions, and the SNP dataset showed stronger evidence of IBD, while the 2 datasets were generally consistent in estimates of genetic diversity and differentiation among regional groups. Our results highlight the importance of genomic methods to assess gene flow in wolverines. Identifying population genetic structure allows an assessment of the potential impacts of conservation threats and is an important precursor for designing population monitoring programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":50157,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mammalogy","volume":"106 3","pages":"561-575"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12159531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cats in farms: ranging behavior of the Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) in a human-dominated landscape. 农场中的猫:渔猫(Prionailurus viverrinus)在人类主导的景观中的范围行为。
IF 1.5 3区 生物学
Journal of Mammalogy Pub Date : 2025-01-10 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae150
Rama Mishra, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Herwig Leirs, Naresh Subedi, Sabin Adhikari, Hem Raj Acharya, Hans H de Iongh
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