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Morphological patterns in the skulls of cats
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Measurements on the skull and dentition of 159 specimens of 22 species of recent felid were analysed using multivariate statistical methods (principal components analysis and correspondence analysis).Abstract:
Measurements on the skull and dentition of 159 specimens of 22 species of recent felid were analysed using multivariate statistical methods (principal components analysis and correspondence analysis). The resulting patterns were considered in the light of recent work on the systematics of felids (large cats and small cats were clearly differentiated). Within each group there are subgroups. In the small cat group one subgroup was found to consist of the species Lynx lynx, L. rufus, L. pardina, L. canadensis and possibly Felis manul. Another subgroup consisted of the species F. bengalensis, F. rubiginosa, F. planiceps and F. viverrina. These two subgroups agree well with other work on felid systematics. Subgroups which do not agree so well with other work were also found, and the reasons for this are considered. Within the large cats there are two species, F. concolor and Neofelis nebulosa, which are clearly deviant from the norm. The reasons for this deviation are also considered.read more
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Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia).
TL;DR: A complete phylogeny for all 271 extant species of the Garnivora is derived, providing a ‘consensus’ estimate of carnivore phylogeny and showing that some lineages within the Mustelinae and Canidae contain significantly more species than expected for their age, illustrating the tree's utility for studies of macroevolution.
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Bite forces, canine strength and skull allometry in carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora)
TL;DR: Previous hypotheses of large taxon differences in canine bending strengths, so that felids have stronger canines than canids, are corroborated when actual bite forces at the upper canine are ignored, and ursids seem to have strongerCanines than felids.
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Evolution of hypercarnivory: the effect of specialization on morphological and taxonomic diversity
TL;DR: Results presented here indicate that specialization to hypercarnivory has no effect on taxonomic diversity, but a strong effect on subsequent morphological diversity related to the jaws and dentition, and that increasing specialization does not correlate with morphological Diversity except in the most specialized saber-toothed taxa, which exhibit higher variance than less specialized morphs.
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Craniodental indicators of prey size preference in the Felidae
TL;DR: In this article, the association between craniodental shape and prey size among 35 species of living felids was explored using linear morphometrics of the crania, mandible and dentition.
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The structure of the mandibular corpus and its relationship to feeding behaviours in extant carnivorans
TL;DR: An increase in bending strength of the corpus caudal to the camassial blade in canids is interpreted to be an adaptation for bone-crushing with the postcarnassial molars.
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