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4 summaries matching “jaguarundi” in Felid Genetics & Evolution
Molecular Genetics and Evolution of Melanism in the Cat Family
PaperThis influential study identified the molecular basis of black coats across multiple cat species and showed that melanism evolved independently several times in the family. The authors found that mela…
Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen J. O'Brien, et al. · Current Biology · 2003
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 eight lineages of the cat family Felidae
OverviewModern cats are divided into eight monophyletic lineages: the Panthera lineage (lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, snow leopards, clouded leopards), the bay cat lineage, the caracal lineage, the ocelot…
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…