Characterization of the Complete Mitogenome of Indian Mouse Deer
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An Exemplary Case Study Gérard Dubost
Convergence characteristics between a rodent, the South American lowland paca, and a ruminant, the African water chevrotain: An exemplary case study Gérard Dubost To cite this version: Gérard Dubost. Convergence characteristics between a rodent, the South American lowland paca, and a ruminant, the African water chevrotain: An exemplary case study. Comptes Rendus Biologies, Elsevier Masson, 2017, 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.02.001. hal-01485153 HAL Id: hal-01485153 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01485153 Submitted on 8 Mar 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives| 4.0 International License G Model CRASS3-3495; No. of Pages 10 C. R. Biologies xxx (2017) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Comptes Rendus Biologies ww w.sciencedirect.com Ecology/E´ cologie Convergence characteristics between a rodent, the South American lowland paca, and a ruminant, the African water chevrotain: An exemplary case study Caracte`res convergents entre un rongeur, le -
Controlled Animals
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Fish and Wildlife Policy Division Controlled Animals Wildlife Regulation, Schedule 5, Part 1-4: Controlled Animals Subject to the Wildlife Act, a person must not be in possession of a wildlife or controlled animal unless authorized by a permit to do so, the animal was lawfully acquired, was lawfully exported from a jurisdiction outside of Alberta and was lawfully imported into Alberta. NOTES: 1 Animals listed in this Schedule, as a general rule, are described in the left hand column by reference to common or descriptive names and in the right hand column by reference to scientific names. But, in the event of any conflict as to the kind of animals that are listed, a scientific name in the right hand column prevails over the corresponding common or descriptive name in the left hand column. 2 Also included in this Schedule is any animal that is the hybrid offspring resulting from the crossing, whether before or after the commencement of this Schedule, of 2 animals at least one of which is or was an animal of a kind that is a controlled animal by virtue of this Schedule. 3 This Schedule excludes all wildlife animals, and therefore if a wildlife animal would, but for this Note, be included in this Schedule, it is hereby excluded from being a controlled animal. Part 1 Mammals (Class Mammalia) 1. AMERICAN OPOSSUMS (Family Didelphidae) Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana 2. SHREWS (Family Soricidae) Long-tailed Shrews Genus Sorex Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus macrurus North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parva Old World Water Shrews Genus Neomys Ussuri White-toothed Shrew Crocidura lasiura Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula Siberian Shrew Crocidura sibirica Piebald Shrew Diplomesodon pulchellum 3. -
Herbivoresherbivores Whatwhat Isis Herbivore?Herbivore?
HerbivoresHerbivores WhatWhat isis herbivore?herbivore? • A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants • special digestive systems Herbivore Taxonomy Order Suborder Family Proboscideae Elephantidae Elephants Equidae Equines, Perissodactyla Tapiridae (Odd-Toe ungulates) Tapir, Rhinocerotidae Rhinoceroses Swines, Suidae Artiodactyla Suina Hippopotamus Hippopotamidae (Even-Toe ungulates) Tylopoda Camellidae Camels & Llamas Tragulina Tragulidae Tragulus Ruminantia Giraffidae Giraffes, Cervids, Cervidae Antilopes, Bovines, Antilocapridae Caprines, Antlopes Bovidae Etc. Cetartiodactyla wwwwww..ultimateungulateultimateungulate..comcom Order Perissodactyla From Greek : perissos = strange, of numbers odd daktulos = a finger or toe == OddOdd-- ToeToe ungulatesungulates ((สสัตวัตวกกีบคีบคี่)ี่) -Enlarged central digit carries most of body weight (mesaxonic) -Canine teeth reduced or absent -Simple stomachs with large caecum -Hind gut fermentation Order Perissodactyla Order Artiodactyla Greek : artios = complete, of numbers even daktulos = a finger or toe == EvenEven-- ToeToe ungulatesungulates ((สสัตวัตวกกีบคีบคู)ู) - Two enlarged digits share the weight of the body about equally (paraxonic) - Upper incisors and canines lost or reduced - Rumination - Males (and sometimes females) have weaponry : tusks, antler, horns Order Artiodactyla Herbivore Taxonomy Order Suborder Family Proboscideae Elephantidae Elephants Equidae Equines, Perissodactyla Tapiridae (Odd-Toe ungulates) Tapir, Rhinocerotidae Rhinoceroses Swines, Suidae Artiodactyla -
Sequence Variation of Necdin Gene in Bovidae Sunday O
Peters et al. Journal of Animal Science and Technology (2018) 60:32 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40781-018-0191-7 RESEARCH Open Access Sequence variation of necdin gene in Bovidae Sunday O. Peters1*†, Marcos De Donato2*†, Tanveer Hussain3, Hectorina Rodulfo2, Masroor E. Babar3 and Ikhide G. Imumorin4,5 Abstract Background: Necdin (NDN), a member of the melanoma antigen family showing imprinted pattern of expression, has been implicated as causing Prader-Willi symptoms, and known to participate in cellular growth, cellular migration and differentiation. The region where NDN is located has been associated to QTLs affecting reproduction and early growth in cattle, but location and functional analysis of the molecular mechanisms have not been established. Methods: Herewereportthesequencevariationoftheentirecodingsequencefrom72samplesofcattle, yak, buffalo, goat and sheep, and discuss its variation in Bovidae. Median-joining network analysis was used to analyze the variation found in the species. Synonymous and non-synonymous substitution rates were determined for the analysis of all the polymorphic sites. Phylogenetic analysis were carried out among the species of Bovidae to reconstruct their relationships. Results: From the phylogenetic analysis with the consensus sequences of the studied Bovidae species, we found that only 11 of the 26 nucleotide changes that differentiate them produced amino acid changes. All the SNPs found in the cattle breeds were novel and showed similar percentages of nucleotides with non-synonymous substitutions at the N- terminal, MHD and C-terminal (12.3, 12.8 and 12.5%, respectively), and were much higher than the percentage of synonymous substitutions (2.5, 2.6 and 4.9%, respectively). Three mutations in cattle and one in sheep, detected in heterozygous individuals were predicted to be deleterious. -
Issn: 2250-0588 Fossil Mammals
IJREISS Volume 2, Issue 8 (August 2012) ISSN: 2250-0588 FOSSIL MAMMALS (RHINOCEROTIDS, GIRAFFIDS, BOVIDS) FROM THE MIOCENE ROCKS OF DHOK BUN AMEER KHATOON, DISTRICT CHAKWAL, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN 1Khizar Samiullah* 1Muhammad Akhtar, 2Muhammad A. Khan and 3Abdul Ghaffar 1Zoology department, Quaid-e-Azam campus, Punjab University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 2Zoology Department, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan 3Department of Meteorology, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad ABSTRACT Fossil site Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon (32o 47' 26.4" N, 72° 55' 35.7" E) yielded a significant amount of mammalian assemblage including two families of even-toed fossil mammal (Giraffidae, and Bovidae) and one family of odd-toed (Rhinocerotidae) of the Late Miocene (Samiullah, 2011). This newly discovered site has well exposed Chinji and Nagri formation and has dated approximately 14.2-9.5 Ma. This age agrees with the divergence of different mammalian genera. Sedimentological evidence of the site supports that this is deposited in locustrine or fluvial environment, as Chinji formation is composed primarily of mud-stone while the Nagri formation is sand dominated. Palaeoenvironmental data indicates that Miocene climate of Pakistan was probably be monsoonal as there is now a days. Mostly the genera recovered from this site resemble with the overlying younger Dhok Pathan formation of the Siwaliks while the size variation in dentition is taxonomically important for vertebrate evolutionary point of view and this is the main reason to conduct this study at this specific site to add additional information in the field of Palaeontology. A detailed study of fossils mammals found in Miocene rocks exposed at Dhok Bun Ameer Khatoon was carried out. -
Nanda Devi & Valley of Flowers National
NANDA DEVI & VALLEY OF FLOWERS NATIONAL PARKS INDIA Nanda Devi National Park is one of the most spectacular wilderness areas in the Himalayas. It is dominated by the 7,800m peak of Nanda Devi, India‟s second highest mountain which is approached through the Rishi Ganga gorge, one of the deepest in the world. No humans live in the Park which has remained more or less intact because of its rugged inaccessibility. It has a very diverse flora and is the habitat of several endangered mammal: the snow leopard, serow, Himalayan musk deer and bharal. The Valley of Flowers National Park nearby protects one of the most beautiful mountain wildernesses of the western Himalayas, celebrated for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers where more than 600 Himalayan species grow in an area of less than 2,500 hectares. It is also the habitat of the snow leopard, Asiatic black bear, brown bear, Himalayan musk deer and bharal. Together, the parks preserve a transition zone between the eastern and western Himalayan flora, the Zanskar mountains and the Great Himalayas, long praised in Hindu mythology and for over a century by botanists and mountaineers. COUNTRY India NAME Nanda Devi & Valley of Flowers National Park NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SERIAL SITE 1988: Nanda Devi National Park inscribed on the World Heritage List under Natural Criteria vii and x. 2005: Extended to include the Valley of Flowers National Park under the same criteria. STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE [pending] The UNESCO World Heritage Committee issued the following statement at the time of inscription: Justification for Inscription Criterion (vii): The Valley of Flowers is an outstandingly beautiful high-altitude Himalayan valley that has been acknowledged as such by renowned mountaineers and botanists in literature for over a century and in Hindu mythology for much longer. -
New Remains of Primitive Ruminants from Thailand: Evidence of the Early
ZSC071.fm Page 231 Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:12 PM New0Blackwell Science, Ltd remains of primitive ruminants from Thailand: evidence of the early evolution of the Ruminantia in Asia GRÉGOIRE MÉTAIS, YAOWALAK CHAIMANEE, JEAN-JACQUES JAEGER & STÉPHANE DUCROCQ Accepted: 23 June 2001 Métais, G., Chaimanee, Y., Jaeger, J.-J. & Ducrocq S. (2001). New remains of primitive rumi- nants from Thailand: evidence of the early evolution of the Ruminantia in Asia. — Zoologica Scripta, 30, 231–248. A new tragulid, Archaeotragulus krabiensis, gen. n. et sp. n., is described from the late Eocene Krabi Basin (south Thailand). It represents the oldest occurrence of the family which was pre- viously unknown prior to the Miocene. Archaeotragulus displays a mixture of primitive and derived characters, together with the M structure on the trigonid, which appears to be the main dental autapomorphy of the family. We also report the occurrence at Krabi of a new Lophiomerycid, Krabimeryx primitivus, gen. n. et sp. n., which displays affinities with Chinese representatives of the family, particularly Lophiomeryx. The familial status of Iberomeryx is dis- cussed and a set of characters is proposed to define both Tragulidae and Lophiomerycidae. Results of phylogenetic analysis show that tragulids are monophyletic and appear nested within the lophiomerycids. The occurrence of Tragulidae and Lophiomerycidae in the upper Eocene of south-east Asia enhances the hypothesis that ruminants originated in Asia, but it also challenges the taxonomic status of traguloids within the Ruminantia. Grégoire Métais, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, UMR 5554 CNRS, Case 064, Université de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France. -
DNA Systematics and Evolution of the Artiodactyl Family Bovidae (Phylogeny/Ntdna Sequences/Rrna Genes/Rapid Cladogenesis) MARC W
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 89, pp. 3972-3976, May 1992 Evolution DNA systematics and evolution of the artiodactyl family Bovidae (phylogeny/ntDNA sequences/rRNA genes/rapid cladogenesis) MARC W. ALLARD, MICHAEL M. MIYAMOTO, LIANNA JARECKI, FRED KRAuS, AND MICHELE R. TENNANT Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2009 Communicated by Charles G. Sibley, January 17, 1992 (received for review October 29, 1991) ABSTRACT Nine additional sequences from representa- outgroup representatives of the infraorder Pecora (8, 9). The tives ofdierent tribes ofthefamily Bovidae were combined with time of divergence for the bovid tribes [estimates ranging six published artiodactyl sequences to provide orthologous from 7 to 20 MA (7)] suggests that relationships within the mtDNA for investigation ofbovid phylogeny and evolution. Each family should be resolvable with this gene complex, which species was represented by a homologous 2.7-kilobase-pair evolves at a rate suitable for this analysis (10). Of the 14 stretch ofmtDNA for the complete 12S and 16S rRNA genes and commonly recognized tribes of Bovidae, only 3 (Ovibovini, three adjacent tRNA genes. These data, whencompared toother Peleini, and Rupicaprini) were not available for this sequenc- results, provided evidence for a monophyletic Bovidae and for ing study; their later inclusion will provide tests of the two clades within the family: one including the tribes Bosela- hypotheses developed herein. phini, Bovini, and Tragelaphini and another for an Antilo- pini/Neotragini grouping. AU other intrafamilial relationships MATERIALS AND METHODS were only weakly supported. These sequence comparisons sug- mtDNA sequences were collected from nine tribal represen- gest that most bovid tribes originated early in the Miocene with tatives including Aepyceros melampus (AME), Boselaphus all extant lineages present by -16-17 million years ago. -
Wildlife Regulation
Province of Alberta WILDLIFE ACT WILDLIFE REGULATION Alberta Regulation 143/1997 With amendments up to and including Alberta Regulation 162/2021 Current as of August 31, 2021 Office Consolidation © Published by Alberta Queen’s Printer Alberta Queen’s Printer Suite 700, Park Plaza 10611 - 98 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2P7 Phone: 780-427-4952 Fax: 780-452-0668 E-mail: [email protected] Shop on-line at www.qp.alberta.ca Copyright and Permission Statement Alberta Queen's Printer holds copyright on behalf of the Government of Alberta in right of Her Majesty the Queen for all Government of Alberta legislation. Alberta Queen's Printer permits any person to reproduce Alberta’s statutes and regulations without seeking permission and without charge, provided due diligence is exercised to ensure the accuracy of the materials produced, and Crown copyright is acknowledged in the following format: © Alberta Queen's Printer, 20__.* *The year of first publication of the legal materials is to be completed. Note All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no legislative sanction, that amendments have been embodied for convenience of reference only. The official Statutes and Regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law. (Consolidated up to 162/2021) ALBERTA REGULATION 143/97 Wildlife Act WILDLIFE REGULATION Table of Contents Interpretation and Application 1 Establishment of certain provisions by Lieutenant Governor in Council 2 Establishment of remainder by Minister 3 Interpretation 4 Interpretation for purposes of the Act 5 Exemptions and exclusions frm Act and Regulation 6 Prevalence of Schedule 1 7 Application to endangered animals 7.1 Application to subject animals Part 1 Administration 8 Terms and conditions of approvals, etc. -
The Taxon with a Partially Persevered Ramus
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE Published in 6ZLVV-RXUQDORI*HRVFLHQFHV 6XSSO provided by RERO DOC Digital Library which should be cited to refer to this work. Iberomeryx minor (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Early Oligocene of Soulce (Canton Jura, NW Switzerland): systematics and palaeodiet Bastien Mennecart • Damien Becker • Jean-Pierre Berger Abstract The primitive ruminant genus Iberomeryx is 31 ruminant genera (10 fossil and 21 extant) and 40 species poorly documented, as it is essentially only known from (11 fossil and 29 extant), this study attempts a preliminary rare occurrences of dental remains. Therefore, the phy- discussion of the phylogeny and the diet of the species logeny and palaeobiology of Iberomeryx remain rather I. minor. The results permit to differentiate Pecora and enigmatic. Only two species have been described: the type Tragulina on the first principal component axis (first Rel- species I. parvus from the Benara locality in Georgia, and ative warp) on behalf of the length of the diastema c/cheek the Western European species I. minor reported from teeth, the length of the premolars and the angular process. France, Spain, and Switzerland. Iberomeryx savagei from The mandible shape of I. minor is similar to those of the India has recently been placed in the new genus Nala- primitive Tragulina, but it differs somewhat from those of meryx. All these localities are dated to the Rupelian and the extant Tragulidae, the only extant family in the correspond mainly to MP23 (European mammal reference Tragulina. This difference is essentially due to a stockier level). -
Action Plan for the Reintroduction of Mouse Deer
Action Plan for the Reintroduction of Indian Mouse Deer 2018 PREAMBLE Reintroductions of native fauna are a rare practice globally and rarer still in India where it has only been attempted twice in recent times, for the red panda and the pygmy hog. After the resounding success of the mouse deer conservation-breeding program at Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, the idea of reintroducing mouse deer in to the wild was mooted. Several rounds of meetings later, it was decided to go ahead with the plan. After due deliberation, when an area inside Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, was designated as the site for release and preparations were being made to draw the specifics, since there was no precedent available to follow, the need for a scientific protocol document that would serve as a guide was strongly felt. Therefore, this document serves as the first ever action plan for mouse deer reintroduction by soft-release. It provides an outline of the goals, objectives and the methodology that needs to be adopted to make the plan scientifically rigorous and accountable. This plan has been prepared in accordance with IUCN’s Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations (version 1.0). It encourages all stakeholders of Indian wildlife conservation to use this document to plan reintroductions. It urges other forest departments to come forward and consider repopulating their depleted forests with the enigmatic Indian spotted chevrotain. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document is the result of a cooperative effort by several people with a common desire to rewild degraded forests. They have directly or indirectly contributed to its compilation and brought the program to realization. -
Species Diversity in the Hypertragulid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Population of the John Day Basin, Oregon
Portland State University PDXScholar University Honors Theses University Honors College 5-24-2019 Species Diversity in the Hypertragulid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Population of the John Day Basin, Oregon Lana K. Jewell Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Jewell, Lana K., "Species Diversity in the Hypertragulid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Population of the John Day Basin, Oregon" (2019). University Honors Theses. Paper 718. https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.735 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. 1 Species Diversity in the Hypertragulid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Population of the John Day Basin, Oregon by Lana Jewell An undergraduate honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in University Honors and Geology Thesis Advisers: Dr. Nicholas Famoso and Dr. Ashley Streig Portland State University 2019 2 ABSTRACT Members of the family Hypertragulidae (order Artiodactyla, class Mammalia) are the most abundant mammals in the Turtle Cove Member (Oligocene) of the John Day Formation, located in central and eastern Oregon, and make up about 40% of the preserved specimens of the John Day Basin. Three species and two separate genera are described in the area, but any preexisting research lacks statistical support for this level of variation. Species designation among extinct artiodactyls is predominantly based on morphological and morphometric examination of dentition, but studies conducted with extant artiodactyls have revealed that this may not be a reliable diagnostic technique.