Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity

doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09696-y

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	Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity
	Faggi, A.1; Bartolini-Lucenti, S.1,2; Madurell-Malapeira, J.1,3; Abramov, A. V.4; Puzachenko, A. Y.5; Jiangzuo, Q.6; Peiran, L.6,7; Rook, L.1
	2024-03-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION
ISSN	1064-7554
卷号	31 期号:1 页码:25
通讯作者	Bartolini-Lucenti, S.(saverio.bartolinilucenti@unifi.it)
摘要	Fossil badgers of the genus Meles are known in Eurasia since the Late Pliocene but their record is utterly scarce, often represented by isolated remains. This led to taxonomic confusion and hindered phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus. Here we describe in detail all the material attributed to M. thorali from the Early Pleistocene locality of Saint-Vallier, including several new complete crania. The results of comparative morphological and morphometric analyses allow reaffirming the distinction of M. thorali from M. meles and reassessing the status of other fossil species. All the analyzed European specimens between ca 2.8 and 1.5 Ma can be reasonably accommodated in a single species, M. thorali, while in Asia the diversity is higher, with up to four taxa described. Our analyses support previous interpretations of a close relationship between M. teilhardi with M. thorali. The European Meles meles appeared around 1.5 Ma and became the only badger present in European sites. We can therefore assume that the radiation of the genus Meles occurred during the general climatic changes that took place during the latest Pliocene and the beginning of Pleistocene and resulting environmental shifts across Eurasia.
关键词	Carnivora Meles Paleobiology Quaternary Taxonomy
DOI	10.1007/s10914-023-09696-y
关键词[WOS]	LATE EARLY-PLEISTOCENE ; SAINT-VALLIER DROME ; OLTET RIVER VALLEY ; LATE PLIOCENE ; PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS ; TAXONOMIC STATUS ; FOSSIL REMAINS ; LARGE MAMMALS ; MELES-MELES ; CARNIVORA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Regione Toscana
项目资助者	Regione Toscana
WOS研究方向	Evolutionary Biology ; Zoology
WOS类目	Evolutionary Biology ; Zoology
WOS记录号	WOS:001147722200001
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23179
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Bartolini-Lucenti, S.
作者单位	1.Univ Florence, Earth Sci Dept, Via Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy 2.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Catala Paleontol Miquel Crusafont, Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain 3.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Farmacol Terapeut & Toxicol, Cerdanyola Del Valles 08193, Spain 4.Russian Acad Sci, Zool Inst, Univ Skaya Nab 1, St Petersburg 199034, Russia 5.Russian Acad Sci, Inst Geog, Staromonetniy Lane 29, Moscow 119017, Russia 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 7.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100040, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Faggi, A.,Bartolini-Lucenti, S.,Madurell-Malapeira, J.,et al. Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity[J]. JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION,2024,31(1):25.
APA	Faggi, A..,Bartolini-Lucenti, S..,Madurell-Malapeira, J..,Abramov, A. V..,Puzachenko, A. Y..,...&Rook, L..(2024).Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity.JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION,31(1),25.
MLA	Faggi, A.,et al."Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity".JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION 31.1(2024):25.