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Holocene range collapse of giant muntjacs and pseudo-endemism in the Annamite large mammal fauna

Turvey, ST; Hansford, J; Brace, S; Mullin, V; Gu, S; Sun, G; (2016) Holocene range collapse of giant muntjacs and pseudo-endemism in the Annamite large mammal fauna. Journal of Biogeography , 43 (11) pp. 2250-2260. 10.1111/jbi.12763. Green open access

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Abstract

Aim: To clarify the postglacial biogeography of the Annamite and eastern Chinese ungulate faunas, and determine whether current understanding of Asian mammalian biogeography is biased by pseudo-extinctions and pseudo-endemism associated with a historical extinction filter. Location: Modern-day specimens of giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) from the Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam were compared with zooarchaeological specimens of extinct giant muntjac (M. gigas) from eastern China, and with a reference sample of northern red muntjac (M. vaginalis) from China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Methods: We analyzed a dataset of antler measurements using MANOVAs, PCAs and scaling relationships, to quantify morphometric variation between extinct and living giant muntjacs in relation to variation shown by a different sympatric large-bodied muntjac species. We also attempted ancient biomolecule analysis of Holocene samples from China. Results: Whereas the combined giant muntjac sample can be differentiated from the reference red muntjac sample in all of our multivariate morphometric analyses, no significant differences are shown between extinct and living giant muntjacs using any analyses, matching the pattern seen when comparing conspecific red muntjac samples from across the same geographic region. Main conclusions: We find no support for recognizing extinct and living giant muntjacs as distinct taxa, and postglacial populations from China and the Annamites should probably all be referred to M. gigas. The likely conspecificity of giant muntjacs across Eastern and Southeast Asia demonstrates that current-day Asian mammalian biogeography has been shaped by an extinction filter and challenges the idea that the Annamite region represents a cradle of evolution; instead, it may represent a refuge of diversity for some taxa, preserving remnant pseudo-endemic populations of species that have been extirpated across other parts of their former ranges.

Type: Article
Title: Holocene range collapse of giant muntjacs and pseudo-endemism in the Annamite large mammal fauna
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12763
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12763
Language: English
Additional information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Turvey, ST; Hansford, J; Brace, S; Mullin, V; Gu, S; Sun, G; (2016) Holocene range collapse of giant muntjacs and pseudo-endemism in the Annamite large mammal fauna. Journal of Biogeography, which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12763. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Keywords: endemism, extinction filter, Late Quaternary, mammal extinction, Muntiacus vuquangensis, Neolithic, pseudo-extinction, zooarchaeology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476591
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