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Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in clouded leopards.
Current biology : CB - 5 Dec 2006
Buckley-Beason Valerie A, Johnson Warren E, Nash Willliam G, Stanyon Roscoe, Menninger Joan C, Driscoll Carlos A, Howard JoGayle, Bush Mitch, Page John E, Roelke Melody E, Stone Gary, Martelli Paolo P, Wen Ci, Ling Lin, Duraisingam Ratna K, Lam Phan V, O'Brien Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Among the 37 living species of Felidae, the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is generally classified as a monotypic genus basal to the Panthera lineage of great cats. This secretive, mid-sized (16-23 kg) carnivore, now severely endangered, is traditionally subdivided into four southeast Asian subspecies (Figure 1A). We used molecular genetic methods to re-evaluate subspecies partitions and to quantify patterns...
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