New research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes a fossil family that illuminates the origin of perissodactyls—the group of mammals that includes horses, rhinos and ...
Originally published as: A field guide to Indian mammals / Vivek Menon ; editorial board, J.C. Daniel ... [et al.]. Delhi : Dorling Kindersley, India in association with Penguin Book, India, 2003.
From skeletal remains found among ancient owl pellets, a team of scientists has recovered the first ancient DNA of the extinct West Indian mammal Nesophontes, meaning "island murder." They traced its ...