Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding

The “scaly-tailed squirrels” of the rodent family Anomaluridae have a long evolutionary history in Africa, and are now represented by two gliding genera (Anomalurus and Idiurus) and a rare and obscure genus (Zenkerella) that has never been observed alive by mammalogists. Zenkerella shows no anatomic...

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Autores principales: Heritage, Steven, Fernández, David, Sallam, Hesham M., Cronin, Drew T., Esara Echube, José Manuel, Seiffert, Erik R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Evolutionary Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27602286
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2320

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27602286
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2320

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