mammals are increasingly affected by ongoing trend of extinction and one fourth of the world’s existing known mammalian species are endangered. lack of proper conservation strategy can lead to non-suitable allocation of resources to larger species and ingoring smaller taxa. despite iran’s rich diversity of mammalian fauna which is predominantly comprised from smaller species (more than 150 spec...

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) has been described as a species with low levels of genetic variation. This has been suggested to be the consequence of a demographic bottleneck 10 000-12 000 years ago (ya) and also led to the assumption that only small genetic differences exist between the described subspecies. However, analysing mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites in cheetah samples from most ...

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Given the global popularity and ubiquity of electronic media coverage wildlife conservation, frame analysis is widely used to help conservation decision-makers understand public opinion, differing goals priorities, arguments in conflict. Nonetheless, has only been on occasion elucidate how different stakeholders management plans. We applied case critically endangered Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx j...

Mammals use two distinct gallops referred to as the transverse (where landing and take-off are contralateral) and rotary (where landing and take-off are ipsilateral). These two gallops are used by a variety of mammals, but the transverse gallop is epitomized by the horse and the rotary gallop by the cheetah. In this paper, we argue that the fundamental difference between these gaits is determin...

Abstract Free-ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris threaten wildlife species through predation, hybridization, competition for resources, and by contributing to the transmission of pathogens. The impacts predation may be problematic, but in many regions interactions free-ranging are poorly studied. To determine extent attacks on Iranian mammals, we reviewed nearly 2 decades social traditional...