2021
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10843
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Using natural history collections to investigate changes in pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) geographic ranges through time

Abstract: Pangolins, often considered the world’s most trafficked wild mammals, have continued to experience rapid declines across Asia and Africa. All eight species are classed as either Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Alongside habitat loss, they are threatened mainly by poaching and/or legal hunting to meet the growing consumer demand for their meat and keratinous scales. Species threat assessments heavily rely on changes in specie… Show more

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“…As reported elsewhere (Alberch et al, 1994;Bakker et al, 2020), NHMs should be primarily considered as research, documentation and divulgation centers, since their role in biodiversity discovery and nature valorization is central, and useful in showing variations in abundance, florae and faunae (Ewers-Saucedo et al, 2021). Natural history and biodiversity museums are also the logical repositories for vouchers of species becoming rarer, and in some cases extinct (Buckingham et al, 2021). This allows to keep track of biological changes since preserved specimens are excellent scientific resources representing unique means through which such species can be studied for their morphology, ecology, genetics, and other traits.…”
Section: Threatened and Extinct Amphibians And Reptiles In Italian Na...mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…As reported elsewhere (Alberch et al, 1994;Bakker et al, 2020), NHMs should be primarily considered as research, documentation and divulgation centers, since their role in biodiversity discovery and nature valorization is central, and useful in showing variations in abundance, florae and faunae (Ewers-Saucedo et al, 2021). Natural history and biodiversity museums are also the logical repositories for vouchers of species becoming rarer, and in some cases extinct (Buckingham et al, 2021). This allows to keep track of biological changes since preserved specimens are excellent scientific resources representing unique means through which such species can be studied for their morphology, ecology, genetics, and other traits.…”
Section: Threatened and Extinct Amphibians And Reptiles In Italian Na...mentioning
confidence: 98%