Abstract Birds are valued in the traditional cultures of Tibetan areas China for symbolism, spirituality, and medicine. A total 329 informants from six communities were interviewed through ethnobiological survey methods. Results highlight that value a diversity birds multiple symbolic purposes including good harvest, happiness, fortune, beauty, glory, omens. Over 20 avian species eagles, crows,...

The squirrel family, Sciuridae, is one of the largest and most widely dispersed families of mammals. In spite of the wide distribution and conspicuousness of this group, phylogenetic relationships remain poorly understood. We used DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of 114 species in 21 genera to infer phylogenetic relationships among sciurids based on maximum parsimony a...