(Ratufa)

Arlo Hinckley1,2, Gonzalo E Pinilla-Buitrago3, Jesús E Maldonado4

  • 1Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

Molecular ecology
|November 25, 2025
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概括

对东方大松鼠 (Ratufa) 的基因组研究揭示了气候冷却和地质变化如何推动亚洲热带地区的物种化. 这项研究强调了这些依赖森林的哺乳动物的低估多样性和快速矮体进化.

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