Successful conservation depends on accurate taxonomy. Currently, the taxonomy of canids
in Africa, Eurasia and Australasia is unstable as recent molecular and morphological studies …

Among evolutionary trends shaping phenotypic diversity over macroevolutionary scales,
CREA (CRaniofacial Evolutionary Allometry) describes a tendency, among closely related …

Understanding the interplay between morphological integration and modularity is
considered an important topic in the study of the evolution of the form of complex structures …

Deciphering the origins of phenotypic variations in natural animal populations is a
challenging topic for evolutionary and conservation biologists. Atypical morphologies in …

We present a taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), a taxon
endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and currently composed of a single species, the …

The association between phenotype and ecology is essential for understanding the
environmental drivers of morphological evolution. This is a particularly challenging task …

Taphonomic deformation, whether it be brittle or plastic, is possibly the most influential
process hindering the correct understanding of fossil species morphology. This is especially …

Many of the millions of animals dedicated to the deities in Ancient Egypt were canids. In
contrast to the rare textual sources, the abundance of skeletal remains offers the opportunity …

The taxonomy of the South American river dolphins of the genus Inia has been a focus of
intense debate. While traditionally it is thought to be composed of a single species with three …

Researchers are increasingly using museum collections for taxonomy, systematics,
phylogenetics, and faunal analyses, and they assume that taxonomic identifications on …