Pangolin scales are key to identifying the world's most trafficked mammals. A 3D analysis reveals how scale shape varies across species, offering forensic insights for conservation. Back scales are the best species identifiers . Benoît Moison et al.: buff.ly/40AalIn

"We recommend that genetic data, genetic diversity metrics, and relevant metadata be published in a standardized and transparent format on a species' IUCN [RL] webpage." Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Population genetic structure of 2 mole species (Mogera imaizumii and M. wogura) in the Japanese Archipelago academic.oup.com/jmammal/articl…

Out now in nature! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process nature.com/articles/s4158…

🚨 New paper published in... Nature 😱 I never thought that I would write these words, but here is a Nature-paper that I contributed to. We found global loss in genetic diversity. Conservation strategies may maintain or increase genetic diversity. Link: nature.com/articles/s4158…

mastozoologiamexicana.com/therya/index.p…

𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 Study highlights rodents are underfunded, compared to larger charismatic mammals pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

[New Paper] is on the COVER of Science Magazine !! The FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS complete with ALL classes —including the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! Read for FREE: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Unveiling the shelf life: A new cryptic species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from South America revealed by an integrative taxonomy approach doi.org/10.1093/jmamma… Using morphology, genetics, and ecological niche modeling approaches, a new bat species was discovered

Just published in Science Magazine: ancient proteins show that the Penghu 1 mandible from Taiwan belongs to a male Denisovan. They weren't just in Siberia or Tibet. Open access article: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #HumanEvolution #Denisovan #Paleoanthropology #AncientProteins

Range-wide mitochondrial phylogeography of Sorex monticola: evolutionarily distinct clades occupy divergent abiotic niches doi.org/10.1093/jmamma… Toni Androski examined mitochondrial phylogeographic variation, demographic history, and niche differentiation across S. monticola

"Biodiversity conservation requires taxonomic knowledge. Taxonomy requires clarity of purpose and intellectual freedom to create it." #taxonomy #biodiversity qwheeler.substack.com/p/removing-the…

A new species of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and introduction to the systematics of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Cryptotis species degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…

A new species of bat from the Himalayas - the Himalayan Long-tailed Myotis (Myotis himalaicus). My first new species; a discovery made with my favourite collaborators from my favourite place in the Himalayas: Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand!

Description of a New Genus and Species of Semi-Aquatic Rodent (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Ichthyomyini) from the Southern Peruvian Andes mdpi.com/3349500 #mdpidiversity via @DiversityMdpi

A 4-year postdoc position in population genomics is available in my group at the University of East Anglia, to work on a project sequencing a thousand fox genomes across rural and urban environments in the UK. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/1593…

The Shrew of Nagaland: A Remarkable New Genus and Species from Northeast India, With A Discussion of The Phylogeny and Classification of The Soricidae (Mammalia) doi.org/10.1206/0003-0…

New day, new paper! 🦣🌍 Led by Mapas Lab PhD student Sofía Galván and out now in GEB Journal: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge… "Could future palaeontologists detect today’s biodiversity patterns from fossils alone?"

Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Phylogeography of a Small Mammal (Blarinella quadraticauda) Distributed Around the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…