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4 summaries matching “cheetah” in Felid Genetics & Evolution on puma
Research overview: Miracinonyx, the American cheetah-like cat
OverviewThe extinct American cheetah of the genus Miracinonyx superficially resembled the living cheetah, with adaptations for fast pursuit of swift prey such as the pronghorn. This overview surveys genetic a…
Research overview: convergent evolution of running adaptations in cats
OverviewThe cheetah and the extinct American cheetah independently evolved a slender, long-limbed body built for high-speed pursuit, a striking case of convergence given their separate ancestries within the p…
Research overview: genetics and phylogeny of the jaguarundi
OverviewThe jaguarundi is an unusually shaped small cat of the Americas, with an elongated body and uniform coat, whose molecular placement revealed it as a close relative of the puma and cheetah within the p…
Research overview: the puma lineage uniting puma, jaguarundi and cheetah
OverviewOne of the most counterintuitive results of felid molecular phylogenetics was that the cheetah, long treated as a unique outlier, belongs to a New World puma lineage alongside the puma and the jaguaru…