Surprise: Non-dietary Factors Played Important Role in Shaping Skulls of Carnivores (6 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Surprise: Non-dietary Factors Played Important Role in Shaping Skulls of Carnivores (6 of 6)

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Illustration of a raccoon, an example of a highly omnivorous, or diet generalist species in the mammal group Carnivora. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 07 Feb. 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by Z.J. Tseng at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., and colleagues was titled, "Structure-function covariation with nonfeeding ecological variables influences evolution of feeding specialization in Carnivora."

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[Credit: Artwork by Bailee Desrocher]

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