Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage

doi:10.1126/sciadv.adp5243

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	Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage
	Jiangzuo, Qigao 1,2; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan 3,4; Li, Xinhai 5,6; Estraviz-Lopez, Dario 7,8; Mateus, Octavio 7,8; Testu, Agnes 9,10; Li, Shijie 1,11; Wang, Shiqi1,11 ; Deng, Tao1,11
	2025-01-15
发表期刊	SCIENCE ADVANCES
ISSN	2375-2548
卷号	11 期号:3 页码:14
通讯作者	Jiangzuo, Qigao(jiangzuo@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Wang, Shiqi(wangshiqi@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Deng, Tao(dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	How snow leopard gradually adapted to the extreme environments in Tibet remains unexplored due to the scanty fossil record in Tibet. Here, we recognize five valid outside-Tibet records of the snow leopard lineage. Our results suggest that the snow leopard dispersed out of the Tibetan Plateau multiple times during the Quaternary. The osteological anatomy of the modern snow leopard shows adaptation to the steep slope and, to a lesser extent, cold/high-altitude environment. Fossils and phylogeny suggest that the snow leopard experienced a gradual strengthening of such adaptation, especially since the Middle Pleistocene (similar to 0.8 million years). Species distribution modeling suggests that the locations of the fossil sites are not within most suitable area, and we argue that local landscape features are more influential factors than temperature and altitude alone. Our study underscores the importance of integrating morphology, fossil records, and species distribution modeling, to comprehensively understand the evolution, ecology, and inform conservation strategies for endangered species.
DOI	10.1126/sciadv.adp5243
关键词[WOS]	PANTHERA-PARDUS ; IBERIAN PENINSULA ; FRONTAL SINUSES ; EARLY RADIATION ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SKULL SHAPE ; PLEISTOCENE ; MORPHOLOGY ; MAMMALIA ; UNCIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2023YFF0804501] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42102001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42430207] ; China Scholarship Council ; Frick Fund, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Division of Paleontology, AMNH ; Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca[2021 SGR 00620] ; Agencia Estatal de Investigacion-European Regional Development Fund of the European Union[PID2020-116908GB-I00] ; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology[2020.05395.BD] ; GeoBiotec FCT of the Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia[UIDB/04035/2020]
项目资助者	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; China Scholarship Council ; Frick Fund, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Division of Paleontology, AMNH ; Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca ; Agencia Estatal de Investigacion-European Regional Development Fund of the European Union ; Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology ; GeoBiotec FCT of the Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001397742000012
出版者	AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24225
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Jiangzuo, Qigao; Wang, Shiqi; Deng, Tao
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 10044, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Key Lab Orogen Belts & Crustal Evolut, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Univ Firenze, Earth Sci Dept, Paleo Fab Lab, Via G La Pira 4, I-50121 Florence, Italy 4.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Sci, Dept Geol, Cerdanyola Del Valles, Spain 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Inst Zool, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Life Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 7.GEOBIOTEC, NOVA Sch Sci & Technol, Dept Earth Sci, Caparica, Portugal 8.Museu Lourinha, Lourinha, Portugal 9.Univ Perpignan, Hist Nat Homme Prehistorique, UMR 7194, via domitia, Perpignan, France 10.EPCC Ctr Europeen Rech Prehist, F-66720 Tautavel, France 11.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiangzuo, Qigao,Madurell-Malapeira, Joan,Li, Xinhai,et al. Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage[J]. SCIENCE ADVANCES,2025,11(3):14.
APA	Jiangzuo, Qigao.,Madurell-Malapeira, Joan.,Li, Xinhai.,Estraviz-Lopez, Dario.,Mateus, Octavio.,...&Deng, Tao.(2025).Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage.SCIENCE ADVANCES,11(3),14.
MLA	Jiangzuo, Qigao,et al."Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage".SCIENCE ADVANCES 11.3(2025):14.