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Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, <I>Nasuella </I>(Carnivora: Procyonidae)

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dc.contributor.author Helgen, Kristofer M.
dc.contributor.author Kays, Roland W.
dc.contributor.author Helgen, Lauren E.
dc.contributor.author Tsuchiya-Jerep, Mirian T. N.
dc.contributor.author Pinto, C. Miguel
dc.contributor.author Koepfli, Klaus-Peter
dc.contributor.author Eizirik, Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Maldonado, Jesús E.
dc.date.accessioned 2009-09-23T14:12:47Z
dc.date.available 2009-09-23T14:12:47Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier 1019-5041
dc.identifier.citation Helgen, Kristofer M., Kays, Roland W., Helgen, Lauren E., Tsuchiya-Jerep, Mirian T. N., Pinto, C. Miguel, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Eizirik, Eduardo, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2009. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8168">Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, <I>Nasuella </I>(Carnivora: Procyonidae)</a>." <em>Small Carnivore Conservation</em>, 41, (1) 65–74.
dc.identifier.issn 1019-5041
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8168
dc.description.abstract The procyonid taxon <I>Nasuella </I>Hollister, 1915, is currently recognized as a monotypic genus comprising the single species <I>N. olivacea </I>(Gray, 1865), the Mountain Coati, found in montane habitats (<I>circa </I>1300-4250 m) in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. In this study we utilize museum specimens to examine the phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy and geographic distribution of <I>Nasuella </I>populations with an integrative systematic approach. Drawing on morphological comparisons of pelage, cranial, and dental characters, and molecular comparisons of the mitochondrial gene <I>cytochrome b </I>(from recent and historical samples), we confirm that <I>Nasuella </I>is closely related to other coatis (<I>Nasua</I>) and show that there are two deeply divergent lineages represented within the taxonomic bounds of <I>Nasuella</I>. We recognize and diagnose these taxa as two distinctive mountain coati species, corresponding to the Eastern Mountain Coati <I>Nasuella meridensis </I>(Thomas, 1901), endemic to the Venezuelan Andes, and the Western Mountain Coati <I>N. olivacea</I>, distributed in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. We use locality and habitat data associated with museum specimens to model the global geographic range of both species. From this we predict areas of undocumented (i.e., currently unvouchered) occurrence, areas of habitat loss associated with land use changes, and the geographic barrier separating the distributions of <I>N. meridensis </I>and <I>N. olivacea. </I>This newfound understanding of taxonomy and distribution should allow for a revised conservation assessment for mountain coatis.
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dc.format.extent 65–74
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dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
dc.relation.ispartof Small Carnivore Conservation 41 (1)
dc.title Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, <I>Nasuella </I>(Carnivora: Procyonidae)
dc.type article
sro.identifier.refworksID 23647
sro.identifier.itemID 80023
sro.description.unit Encyclopedia of Life
sro.description.unit STRI
sro.description.unit NH-Vertebrate Zoology
sro.description.unit NMNH
sro.description.unit si-federal
sro.description.unit NZP
sro.description.unit crc
sro.description.unit cceg
sro.description.unit Maldonado-Federal
sro.description.unit Research Associate
sro.description.unit Fellow
sro.identifier.url https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8168


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