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Meloro, C, Hunter, J, Tomsett, L, Portela Miguez, R, Prevosti, FJ and Brown, RP (2017) Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis. Mammal Review. ISSN 0305-1838
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Abstract
The Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis is an extinct canid that was once the only endemic terrestrial mammal to inhabit the Falkland Islands. There is still a puzzling picture of the morphological adaptations of this wolf that quickly evolved from its mainland fossil ancestor: Dusicyon avus. We employ a geometric morphometric approach to identify patterns of skull shape variation in extant canids and Dusicyon spp. The Falkland Islands wolf and its fossil ancestor show a more carnivorous feeding morphology than other South American foxes, and they cluster morphologically with jackals. This supports convergence in skull shape between Dusicyon and Old World canids, although the convergence is not as strong as that exhibited by their sister hyper- and hypocarnivorous taxa.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0608 Zoology, 0602 Ecology |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2017 12:14 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 12:05 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/mam.12085 |
| Editors: | Russo, D |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5265 |
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