Historical biogeography of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and its extinct Eurasian populations
J. L. A. Paijmans, A. Barlow, D. W. Foerster, K. Henneberger, M. Meyer, B. Nickel, D. Nagel, R. Worsoe Havmoller, G. Baryshnikov, U. Joger, W. Rosendahl, M. Hofreiter
This study analyzes mitogenome sequences from historical and Late Pleistocene leopard samples to resolve their biogeographic history and find a deep bifurcation between African and Eurasian lineages.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2018Evolutionary Biology