Revalidation and expanded description of<i>Mustela aistoodonnivalis</i>(Mustelidae: Carnivora) based on a multigene phylogeny and morphology-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Revalidation and expanded description ofMustela aistoodonnivalis(Mustelidae: Carnivora) based on a multigene phylogeny and morphology

Published:2023-04 Issue:4 Volume:13 Page:
ISSN:2045-7758
Container-title:Ecology and Evolution
language:en
Short-container-title:Ecology and Evolution

Author:

Liu Yingxun¹^ORCID,Pu Yingting²,Chen Shunde²,Wang Xuming³,Murphy Robert W.⁴,Wang Xin³,Liao Rui³,Tang Keyi²^ORCID,Yue Bisong¹,Liu Shaoying³⁵

Affiliation:

1. College of Life Sciences Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan China

2. College of Life Sciences Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sichuan China

3. Sichuan Academy of Forestry Chengdu Sichuan China

4. Reptilia Sanctuary and Education Centre Concord Ontario Canada

5. Ecological Restoration and Conservation for Forest and Wetland Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Sichuan Academy of Forestry Chengdu Sichuan China

Abstract

AbstractThe lacked‐teeth pygmy weasel,Mustela aistoodonnivalisWu & Kao, 1991, was originally described as being from Taibai Mountain and Zhashui county, Shaanxi, China. Subsequently, it was considered a subspecies or synonym ofMustela nivalis. In a faunal survey of northwestern Sichuan, eight specimens ofM. aistoodonnivaliswere collected. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of one mitochondrial and six nuclear genes clustered the specimens as a distinct clade and not withM. nivalis. Morphologically, the lack of the second lower molar differentiated them fromM. nivalis, and genetic distances were typical of discrete species. These analyses confirmed thatM. aistoodonnivalisis an independent species in the genusMustela.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.9944

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