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10 Fantasy Books About Magical Creatures (When Your Dog Isn’t Enough)
Sorry, Spot.
https://www.themarysue.com/10-fantasy-books-about-magical-creatures/
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Derbyshire big cat: Recent sightings in the county as DNA confirms there is a big cat in the UK
https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/environment/derbyshire-big-cat-recent-sightings-in-the-county-as-dna-confirms-there-is-a-big-cat-in-the-uk-4633229
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#Cats
#Cat
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#DNA
#Panthera
#LakeDistrict
#BlackLeopard
#Leopard
#Lynx
#WhiteEdge
#PeakDistrict
#ThreeShiresHead
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Spyke having a leisurely bath. SHOUT OUT below if you enjoy watching reels of majestic cats like Spyke.
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Opie Tiger's after-breakfast catnap!
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We were lucky enough to spot this extremely rare black #leopard on one of our #CameraTraps deployed at #Loisaba Conservancy.
This leopard is the same species as the more common variety (light fur with dark spots) - its colouration is due to a rare mutation, which is much more common among leopards in moist forest regions (see https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170378 for more info).
#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature #PricklyPearProjectKenya #Zooniverse #BlackLeopard
The geographic distribution and habitat association of most mammalian polymorphic phenotypes are still poorly known, hampering assessments of their adaptive significance. Even in the case of the black panther, an iconic melanistic variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus), no map exists describing its distribution. We constructed a large database of verified records sampled across the species’ range, and used it to map the geographic occurrence of melanism. We then estimated the potential distribution of melanistic and non-melanistic leopards using niche-modeling algorithms. The overall frequency of melanism was ca. 11%, with a significantly non-random spatial distribution. Distinct habitat types presented significantly different frequencies of melanism, which increased in Asian moist forests and approached zero across most open/dry biomes. Niche modeling indicated that the potential distributions of the two phenotypes were distinct, with significant differences in habitat suitability and rejection of niche equivalency between them. We conclude that melanism in leopards is strongly affected by natural selection, likely driven by efficacy of camouflage and/or thermoregulation in different habitats, along with an effect of moisture that goes beyond its influence on vegetation type. Our results support classical hypotheses of adaptive coloration in animals (e.g. Gloger’s rule), and open up new avenues for in-depth evolutionary analyses of melanism in mammals.
Will Burrard-Lucas Went on a Quest to Find a Rare Black Leopard in Africa
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