TRIM5alpha mediates a potent retroviral restriction phenotype in diverse mammalian species. Here, we identify a TRIM5 transcript in cat cells with a truncated B30.2 capsid binding domain and ablated restrictive function which, remarkably, is conserved across the Feliformia. Cat TRIM5 displayed no restriction activity, but ectopic expression conferred a dominant negative effect against human TRI...

The middle meningeal artery of the dog usually diverges from the maxillary artery before it enters into the alar canal. This vessel shows an extremely complicated relationship between the passage into the cranial cavity and the r. anastomoticus as well as the anastomotic artery. In some carnivora, branches of the maxillary artery in this region communicate with the internal carotid artery. Espe...

Among mountain species of Heptageniidae from Central Asia, six species belonging to the taxa Cinygmula McDunnough 1933, Himalogena Kluge 2004 and Caucasiron Kluge 1997 have all claws of the winged stages (subimago and imago) pointed. In this area Cinygmula is represented by two species: C. hutchinsoni (Traver 1939) (with pointed claws) and C. joosti Braasch 1977 (with the more typical ephemerop...

Abstract The conservation of carnivores (order Carnivora) can lead to the other species as well entire ecosystems since they play an important ecosystemic role. However, their predatory behaviour has caused many these experience marked population declines worldwide and may therefore face greater anthropogenic threats than animal groups. To examine status, trends, distribution patterns, habitats...

The red panda (Ailurus fulgen) is reddish brown, long-tailed mammal, found in the mountain forests of the Himalayas and adjacent areas of eastern Asia, which subsists mainly on bamboo (Choudhury, 2001). This species as with most Carnivora, possesses paired anal glands used by both sexes to scent-mark. Red pandas emit a musky odor from these glands when excited (Nowak, 1991), and according to Ro...