o In theS. feuerbornispecies group of the subgenusNevermannia,S. pumatenseis paraphyletic with the inclusion ofS. phami. In the absence ofS. phami,S. pumatenseforms a distinct clade [8]. Our study reveals an unexpected sister relationship betweenS. phamiandS. pumatense, with a minimum i...
before European arrival [53]. Consequently, it is likely that black robin survived through centuries of Moriori contact including on Tapuaenuku/Little Mangere and even on the larger and inhabited Rangiaotea/Pitt Island well into the 19thCentury, until habitat modification and the introduction of c...
At the same time, top predators – including wolves (Canis lupis), cougars (Puma concolor), and bears (Ursus americanis) –were viewed as a threat to settlers and their livestock and extirpated (Arnett, 2000). With the loss of local predators and traditional practices to keep herbivore ...
Puma leaves mountains for Santiago Yet another case of animals attempting to reclaim cities for nature occurred in Chile’s normally bustling city of Santiago. With all quiet on the streets after a government lockdown due to COVID-19, a puma descended from the Andes Mountains to scout the goi...
thesespeciesare also calledblack leopardsandblack jaguars, respectively. In addition, the term is sometimes used to describe dark-colouredbobcats,lynx,jaguarundis,tigers, andpumas(cougars), even though reports of black-coloured representatives of some species, such as thepuma, have not been confirmed...