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Research overview: felid biogeography and the Great American Biotic Interchange
OverviewThe presence of cats in South America results from the Great American Biotic Interchange, when the Isthmus of Panama connected the Americas and allowed northern mammals to disperse south. This overvie…
Research overview: the puma lineage of cheetah, puma, and jaguarundi
OverviewOne of the eight felid lineages groups three superficially different cats: the puma, the cheetah, and the jaguarundi. This overview explains how molecular phylogenetics revealed this surprising relati…
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