Title

Evolution: A New Cat Species Emerges

Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien, St. Petersburg State University - Russia; Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Klaus-Peter Koepfli, St. Petersburg State University - Russia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-16-2013

Publication Title

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

Volume

23

Issue/No.

24

First Page

R1103

Last Page

R1105

Abstract

The complex ongoing process of species development is highlighted by the description of a new felid species, Leopardus guttulus, from Brazil. Broad molecular genetic assessments affirm reproductive isolation and separation in nature, the hallmark of species recognition.

Comments

© 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

NSUWorks Citation

O'Brien, Stephen J. and Klaus-Peter Koepfli. 2013. "Evolution: A New Cat Species Emerges." Current Biology 23, (24): R1103-R1105. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/423

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015