Ancient DNA reveals genetic admixture in China during tiger evolution

X Sun, YC Liu, MP Tiunov, DO Gimranov… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a charismatic megafauna species that originated and diversified
in Asia and probably experienced population contraction and expansion during the …

[HTML][HTML] Small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia, Lagomorpha) from the early Pleistocene hominin-bearing site of Dmanisi (Georgia)

J Agustí, G Chochishvili, I Lozano-Fernández… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small mammals (insectivores, rodents, and lagomorphs) from Dmanisi are here reviewed for
the first time and used as a tool for paleoenvironmental proxies. The small mammal faunal …

Dental polymorphisms in Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) and evolutionary diversification of crocidurine shrew dentition

LL Voyta, AV Abramov, LA Lavrenchenko… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The upper dentition of Crocidura exhibits polymorphic characters that were revealed for the
first time in this study via high-resolution X-ray computed microtomography. Our analyses of …

Temporal variation in soricid dentition: which are first–qualitative or quantitative features?

LL Voyta, VE Omelko, MP Tiunov, EA Petrova… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The current paper offers a protocol for the analytic assessment of the intraspecific variability
of dental morphology in shrews. Our approach blends a temporal aspect together with a …

A Cybertaxonomic Revision of the “Crocidura pergrisea” Species Complex with a Special Focus on Endemic Rocky Shrews: Crocidura armenica and Crocidura arispa …

LL Voyta, TV Petrova, VA Panitsina, SY Bodrov… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The genus Crocidura has~ 200 species, which accounts for roughly half of
the Soricidae family's diversity. The “pergrisea” species group, which comprises at least four …

Late Quaternary communities of shrews, Soricidae, from Ural and Far East Regions of Russia: A protocol for the multifactorial morphospace building

LL Voyta, VE Omelko, EP Izvarin, YE Kropacheva… - Proc. Zool. Inst. RAS, 2023 - zin.ru
The present paper is a preliminary attempt to develop a protocol for analyzing Late
Pleistocene and Holocene paleocommunities of soricids using modern approaches for the …

Late Quaternary shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Priamurye (Russian Far East) according to data from Koridornaya Cave: species diversity and stratigraphical …

VE Omelko, MP Tiunov - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2024 - Springer
Abstract During excavations at Koridornaya Cave (Pompeevskiy Ridge, Russian Far East) in
2017–2018 numerous skeletal elements of late Quaternary mammals were recovered for the …

[PDF][PDF] Современная териофауна Еврейской автономной области и заповедника «Бастак»

АА Аверин - Биота и среда природных территорий, 2023 - biosoil.ru
На основании литературных и собственных сведений составлен наиболее полный
список современной териофауны Еврейской автономной области, включающий 68 …

Late Pleistocene and Holocene malacological and theriological faunas from the Tetyukhinskaya Cave (southern Far East, Russia) and their palaeoecological …

E Osipova, G Danukalova, M Tiunov - Palaeoworld, 2024 - Elsevier
Assemblages of terrestrial molluscs and small vertebrates were recovered from the
Tetyukhinskaya Cave, located in the vicinity of the Dalnegorsk city, Primorsky Krai (south of …

Ancient DNA Reveals China as a Historical Genetic Melting Pot in Tiger Evolution

X Sun, YC Liu, MP Tiunov, DO Gimranov, Y Zhuang… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The contrast between the tiger's (Panthera tigris) 2-3 My age and extant tigers' coalescence
approximately 110,000 years ago suggests an ancient demographic bottleneck. Here we …