生态建模,生物地理和表型分析设置了老虎猫的超维空间,揭示了一种新物种

Tadeu G de Oliveira1,2,3,4, Lester A Fox-Rosales5,6, José D Ramírez-Fernández5,7

  • 1Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), Campus Paulo VI, Av. Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, Jardim São Cristóvão, São Luís, Maranhão, 65055-310, Brazil. tadeu4@yahoo.com.

Scientific reports
|January 29, 2024
PubMed
概括

虎猫复合体,Leopardus tigrinus,使用生态和表型数据进行了重新评估,揭示了三个不同的群体:阴云,草原和大西洋森林虎猫. 这项研究强调了这些难以捉摸的猫类动物的显著范围减少.

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