2014
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2 days ago · Around 6,400 extant species of mammals have been described and divided into 29 orders. The largest orders of mammals, by number of species, are the rodents, bats, and Eulipotyphla (including hedgehogs, moles and shrews).
3 days ago · The coelacanth is the largest extant lobe-finned fish. The largest living lobe-finned fish is the coelacanth. The average weight of the living West Indian Ocean coelacanth, (Latimeria chalumnae), is 80 kg (180 lb), and they can reach up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. Specimens can weigh up to 110 kg (240 lb).
1 day ago · The research team analyzed a comprehensive dataset of limb bone measurements that included four extinct bats and 231 extant mammals with various locomotor modes. Their findings reveal that gliders exhibit relatively elongated forelimb and narrower hindlimb bones that are intermediate between those of bats and non-gliding arboreal mammals.
2 days ago · Hyraxes (Procavia) and extant monotremes provide the closest extant analogues for the life history of docodontans, albeit at larger maximum body sizes (3.6 kg and 1.25–7.5 kg; Supplementary ...
2 days ago · During peer review of this study, one reviewer insisted on the use of a corresponding ratite model for the sake of creating an extant phylogenetic bracket (sensu Witmer, 1995). We argued against this for the a priori reasons given in Section 2 above, and because comparable demographic data for wild ratite populations are yet unavailable.
5 days ago · Its only extant member is the orca (Orcinus orca); all other extant genera formerly classified in it have been moved out. Orcininae is thought to be one of the most basal members of Delphinidae, with only the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) being more basal.
3 days ago · An extant proportional hazards-based outcomes predictive risk model developed on the overall ASPREE cohort of 19,114 participants was identified and was used to partition United States’ participants by risk of experiencing a composite outcome of death, dementia, or persistent physical disability.
