Resolving the phylogeny of treeshrews (Order Scandentia) has historically proven difficult, in
large part because of access to specimens and samples from critical taxa. We used …

The family Tenrecidae (tenrecs) is one of only four extant terrestrial mammal lineages to
have colonized and diversified on Madagascar. Over the last 15 years, several studies have …

Despite their traditional and continuing prominence in studies of interordinal mammalian
phylogenetics, treeshrews (order Scandentia) remain relatively unstudied with respect to …

Island systems are important models for evolutionary biology because they provide
convenient, discrete biogeographic units of study. Continental islands with a history of …

Aim Widespread, transcontinental vertebrate groups represent ideal systems for
biogeographical studies, because they can shed light on a wide range of questions relating …

Marsupials and their fossil relatives, which collectively comprise Metatheria, have been of
scientific interest for centuries, with many aspects of their evolution and systematics subject …

Tropical rainforests are well known for their extraordinarily high levels of biodiversity. The
origin of this species richness is still debated. For instance, the museum hypothesis states …

Patterns of avian diversification in southern Asia are poorly understood due to the limited
number of phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of endemic groups, mainly due to the …

Due in part to scarcity of material, no published study has yet cladistically addressed the
systematics of living and fossil Tenrecidae (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Using a noninvasive …

Abstract In island systems with diverging populations, the history of island formation and
genealogical estimates of divergence dates can be mutually informative. In the “sky islands” …