Frontiers in Mammal Science

Systematic Review

Accepted on 23 Sep 2025

The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysis

in Evolution, Anatomy and the Paleosciences

Mathew Stewart
Carli Peters
Michael J. Ziegler
W Christopher Carleton
Patrick Roberts
Nicole Boivin
Huw Groucutt

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1678231

Original Research

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Parasitological evaluation of the neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis and the giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis: swimming in little-known waters before it is too late

in Life History and Conservation

Patricia Parreira Perin
Caroline Leuchtenberger
Mariana Malzoni Furtado
Livia de Almeida Rodrigues
Grazielle Soresini
Nathalie Foerster
Guilherme Mourão
Wilson Junior Oliveira
Talita Oliveira Mendonça
Carmen Andrea Arias-Pacheco

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1678138

363 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Using statistical population reconstruction to estimate the effect of pelt prices on river otter abundance and harvest vulnerability in Kentucky

in Life History and Conservation

Sergey S. Berg
Laura L. Palmer

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1634181

360 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Aug 2025

North American river otters consume diverse prey and parasites in a subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay

in Life History and Conservation

Calli M. Wise
Thomas L. Serfass
Emma M. Palmer
Leone Yisrael
Karson Burton-Reeder
Katrina M. Pagenkopp Lohan

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1620318

2,528 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 23 Jul 2025

Exposure of free-living Lontra longicaudis (Neotropical otter) to domestic carnivores and their associated pathogens in a protected area in Brazil

in Life History and Conservation

Greice Z. Gonchoroski
Jose Reck
Lauren S. Mello
Vinicius P. Silveira
Vagner R. Lunge
Caroline Leuchtenberger
Thales R. O. Freitas

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1634247

1,023 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Jul 2025

Parasite populations of river otter and mink in Western Canada, and the first report of the zoonotic trematode Alaria mustelae in river otter in North America

in Life History and Conservation

Kyle M. Shanebeck
Melissa Todd
Philippe J. Thomas
Stephen Raverty
Bronwen Presswell
Stephanie Green
Clement Lagrue

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1498904

836 views

Specialty Grand Challenge

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Grand challenge: finding similarities and differences in mammalian brain organization

in Nervous System and Cognate Behaviors

Ruth Benavides-Piccione

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1603750

745 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2025

Collagen peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species

in Evolution, Anatomy and the Paleosciences

Carli Peters
Annette Oertle
Richard Gillespie
Nicole Boivin
Katerina Douka

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1564287

6,478 views

Editorial

Published on 20 Mar 2025

Editorial: Editors’ showcase: nervous system and cognate behaviors

in Nervous System and Cognate Behaviors

Ruth Benavides-Piccione

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2025.1583129

589 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Jan 2025

Spatiotemporal variability in the South American mammalian fossil record and its impact on macroevolutionary inference

in Evolution, Anatomy and the Paleosciences

Pedro D. de S. Ugarte
João C. S. Nascimento
Mathias M. Pires

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1518039

2,200 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Dec 2024

Riparian habitat quality and seasonality drives spatiotemporal habitat ecology of sympatric Asian otters in southern Western Ghats

in Life History and Conservation

Ankit Moun
Tharmalingam Ramesh
Riddhika Kalle

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1504722

1,852 views

Review

Published on 27 Sep 2024

An illustrated summary of the prosomeric model

in Nervous System and Cognate Behaviors

Luis Puelles

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1456996

3,795 views
4 citations

Perspective

Published on 03 Sep 2024

What makes each of us unique? The nine-banded armadillo as a model to study individuality

in Nervous System and Cognate Behaviors

Delva P. Leao
Alvaro Duque
Marcelo O. Dietrich

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1450655

3,795 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jul 2024

Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata) abundance estimates in Maui Nui, Hawaiʻi reveal small population in need of monitoring

in Life History and Conservation

Shannon M. Barber-Meyer
Grace L. Olson
Jens J. Currie

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1412415

1,922 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 06 Jun 2024

Development and evaluation of an ensemble model to identify host-related metadata from fecal microbiota of zoo-housed mammals

in Physiology and the Whole Organism Ethology

Franziska Zoelzer
Daniel dos Santos Monteiro
Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1380915

1,489 views

Original Research

Published on 31 May 2024

A new legacy: potential of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry in the analysis of North American megafaunal remains

in Evolution, Anatomy and the Paleosciences

Mariya Antonosyan
Eden Hill
Margaret Jodry
Noel Amano
Samantha Brown
Torben Rick
Nicole Boivin

Frontiers in Mammal Science

doi 10.3389/fmamm.2024.1399358

7,060 views
2 citations