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9 summaries matching “felidae” in Taxonomy & Systematics
A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: the Cat Classification Task Force final report
ReviewThe landmark synthesis that re-anchored modern felid taxonomy. A 16-member IUCN Cat Specialist Group task force reviewed morphological, molecular, biogeographic, and behavioral evidence across all liv…
Kitchener AC, Breitenmoser-Wursten C, Eizirik E, et al. · Cat News Special Issue 11 · 2017
A species-level supertree of Carnivora with divergence-time estimates
PaperThis study built a comprehensive, dated phylogeny of the order Carnivora, placing the Felidae within the broader carnivoran tree and providing divergence times for cats relative to their relatives. By…
Nyakatura K, Bininda-Emonds ORP · BMC Biology · 2012
Family Felidae account in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World
ReviewThe carnivore volume of this reference series provides one of the most comprehensive modern species-by-species treatments of the cat family, with detailed accounts of distribution, taxonomy, and natur…
Wilson DE, Mittermeier RA (eds) · Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 1: Carnivores · 2009
Felidae in Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition) carnivore checklist
ReviewBefore the 2017 task force, the most widely cited global checklist of mammal taxonomy was Mammal Species of the World, whose carnivore section codified the accepted list of cat species and subspecies.…
Wozencraft WC (Wilson DE, Reeder DM eds) · Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed. · 2005
Patterns of Y and X chromosome DNA divergence during the Felidae radiation
PaperThis study examined sex-chromosome DNA sequences to estimate the timing and pattern of diversification across the cat family. By comparing X- and Y-linked markers, which evolve at different rates and…
Pecon-Slattery J, O'Brien SJ · Genetics · 1998
Research overview: integrative taxonomy in the Felidae
OverviewIntegrative taxonomy combines independent data classes (morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, ecology, biogeography, and behavior) to delimit taxa, and it has become the standard for resolving ca…
Research overview: molecular-clock dating of felid divergences
OverviewEstimating when cat lineages split underpins much of felid systematics and biogeography. This overview explains how molecular clocks, calibrated with fossils, convert genetic distances into divergence…
Research overview: the two-subfamily structure of the Felidae (Pantherinae and Felinae)
OverviewModern classifications divide living cats into two subfamilies: Pantherinae (the roaring and big cats plus clouded leopards) and Felinae (most small and medium cats). This overview explains how that s…
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
PaperThis influential study reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of all living cat species and dated their diversification, establishing the framework of eight major felid lineages used ever since. Using…
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al. · Science · 2006