Geographical variation in and evolutionary history of the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) with the description of a new subspecies from Borneo

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-328

  Wilting, Andreas ^a   Christiansen, Per ^b   Kitchener, Andrew C ^c,d   Kemp, Yvonne J M ^e   Ambu, Laurentius ^f   Fickel, Jörns ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Holotype; Pleistocene; Sunda shelf; Taxonomy; Toba volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FELIDAE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORNEO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FELIDAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOFELIS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA;

EID: 79951577794     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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