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Research overview: cats and the Great American Biotic Interchange
OverviewThis overview surveys how the Great American Biotic Interchange, triggered by the rise of the Panamanian land bridge, allowed cats to spread between North and South America. Following this connection,…
Research overview: conflicting signals in big-cat phylogeny
OverviewThis overview examines why reconstructing the relationships among the living big cats has proven difficult, with different genes and analyses sometimes yielding conflicting trees. The lion, leopard, a…
Research overview: the fossil history and dispersal of the jaguar
OverviewThis overview surveys the fossil record of the jaguar lineage and its spread into the Americas. The jaguar, Panthera onca, traces its origins to Old World pantherines whose descendants crossed into No…