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The Earliest Ursine Bear Demonstrates the Origin of Plant-Dominated Omnivory in Carnivora

Summary: In Carnivora, increases in body size often lead to dietary specialization toward hypercarnivory. Ursine bears (Tremarctos and Ursus), however, are the only omnivorous Carnivora that evolved large body sizes (i.e., >50 kg). Traits contributing to their gigantism, and how those traits evol...

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Main Authors: Qigao Jiangzuo, John J. Flynn
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422030420X
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