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Rapid Dwarfing of an Insular Mammal - The Feral Cattle of Amsterdam Island.

Scientific reports - 18 Aug 2017

Rozzi Roberto, Lomolino Mark V

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The island rule describes a graded trend in insular populations of vertebrates from gigantism in small species to dwarfism in large species. The dwarfing of large mammals on islands has been observed both in the present fauna and in the fossil record. Elephants, hippopotami, deer, and other species became dwarfed on islands scattered all over the world, from the Mediterranean Sea to Indonesia, from the Eastern to...

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PMID: 28821782
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08820-2
PMCID: PMC5562861

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