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Unveiling the Colors of Mustelids: A Historical Review on the Emergence of Chro...
Cotts, Leonardo; Costa, Giovanna; Gabriel, Sofia Isabel; Rocha Barbosa, Oscar; Braga, CaryneMustelidae is the largest and most diverse family within the order Carnivora, encompasses 65 species and 22 genera, and is widely distributed around the world. Mustelids exhibit a multiplicity of coloration patterns, ranging from darker tones, such as black and brown, to lighter tones, such as pale yellow and white. Anomalous colorations in wild mustelids are occasionally reported, but these records are still p...
Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) subfossils from Abismo Anhumas, Bonito...
Miranda, Flavia; Cotts, Leonardo; Da Costa Júnior, Edmundo P. Dineli; Margarido, Maíra Prestes; Cherkinsky, Alexander; Dantas, Mário André TrindadeMyrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest extant anteater, being distributed in most biomes from southern Central America and northern South America. Herein, we analyzed cranial and postcranial elements of three partial skeletons of M. tridactyla found submerged in Abismo Anhumas cave (Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). The bones collected were the skull (LEG 2598), left humerus (LEG 2601), unguea...