OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mammal Study is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A New Record of Hypsugo pulveratus on Amami-Oshima Island, Japan and Comparison with H. alaschanicus	11
Black-Gilded Pipistrelles (Arielulus s.str., Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) in Eastern Indochina	8
Genetic Analyses of Japanese Field Vole Alexandromys (Microtus) Montebelli Winter Diet in Apple Orchards with Deep Snow Cover	8
Influences of Weather Conditions, Natural Food Abundance, and the Spacing of Feeders on the Feeding-Table Use by Japanese Squirrels Sciurus lis in a Suburban Forest	7
Bridging borders: insights into the human-elephant dynamics in the Palamau Tiger Reserve	7
The Food Habits of the Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra in South Korea	7
Food Habits of Feral Dogs and Red Foxes in a New Endemic Area of Echinococcus multilocularis	7
Errata	6
Preface: Advances in Research on the Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Ryukyu Endemic Mammals	5
Head and Trunk Rotation in Roll during Turning in Agility Dogs	5
Distribution and Group Composition of Assamese and Rhesus Macaques in Northwestern Kathmandu, Nepal	5
Feeding Habits of Japanese Serow in a Warm–Temperate, Low-Elevation, Evergreen Broad-Leaved Shrub-Dominated Forest	5
First Records of Chorioptic and Sarcoptic Mange in a Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus) in Shikoku, Japan	5
Three-Dimensional Data on Limb Extremities of Ungulates with Pads Provide Insights into Morphological Changes Associated with the Evolution of Unguligrady	5
Niche Separation of Sympatric Carnivores—Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Japanese Martens (Martes melampus)—In Northern Japan	5
Home Range and Habitat Selection of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Rural Landscape	4
Different MtDNA Haplotype Richness between Sibling Species of Myodes (Rodentia) on Hokkaido Mainland and Its Adjacent Islands, Japan	4
Remains of a Fin Whale from Osaka, Japan, and Comparison of Baleen Whale Cases in the Past and Present of Osaka Bay (The Seto Inland Sea)	4
First Record of the Black-Bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Japan	4
First Record of Lineage IV of Rattus tanezumi (Rodentia: Muridae) from the southern Ryukyus, Japan	4
Bone Histology Reveals the Slow Life History and Skeletal Adaptations of the Amami Rabbit Pentalagus furnessi (Lagomorpha: Mammalia)	4
Food Habits of Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) in Sendai Bay–Tokyo Bay, Japan	4
Examination of the Appropriate Inference Procedure in a Model Structure for Harvest-Based Estimation of Sika Deer Abundance	4
Skull Shape Differences among Myanmar and Adjacent Populations of the House Shrew, Suncus murinus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla): Insights into Allometry and Phylogenetic Variances Using Geometric Morphomet	3
Geographic Variation of Dymecodon pilirostris (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae) with an Insight to Mountain Island in Japan	3

Diet of Siberian Marmot in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Mongolia: Grass or Forb?	3
Morphological Variation of the House Mouse Mus musculus and the Ryukyu Mouse M. caroli (Mammalia: Muridae) from Japan	3
Differential Tick-Infestation Rate between Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus, with the First Records of the Ixodid Tick Ixodes granulatus and Its Infestation in Rodents, Free-Ranging Cats, and Humans fr	3
Editorial	3
Gait Patterns in Snow—a Possible Criterion to Differentiate Sika Deer and Japanese Serow Tracks	3
Cage it or Drop it: Comparison of Methods for Capturing Wild Goats (Capra aegagrus)	3
Vocalization Development in the Ussurian Tube-Nosed Bat Murina ussuriensis during Postnatal Growth, Including Calls for Responses between Mothers	3
Local Genetic Diversity and Structure of Asian Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus, Populations in Nagano, Japan	3
Why Mammals do Not Damage Entire Farmlands Like Insect Pests Do? A Review from a Behavioral Perspective	2
Tunnel System Made by the Long-Clawed Shrew in a Laboratory Condition	2
Estimating Japanese Serow Abundance Using a Spatially Explicit Capture–Recapture Model	2
Record of the Nesting Process of the Ryukyu Long-Furred Rat Diplothrix legata (Rodentia: Muridae) and Newborn Predation by the Habu Snake Protobothrops flavoviridis (Squamata: Viperidae)	2
Tandem Sleep: A Novel Behavior in Melon-Headed Whales	2
Noninvasive Genetic Methods for Species Identification and Dietary Profiling of the Japanese Dormouse Glirulus japonicus from Fecal Samples	2
Roost Use of Operational Road Tunnels by Non-Cave Specialist Bats in a Subtropical Mountain Forest in Taiwan	2
Utilization of Above-Ground Space in Captivity by Four Sympatric Shrew Species from Hokkaido, Japan	2
Temporal Differences in Winter Habitat Use by Japanese Hares (Lepus brachyurus) in a Heavy Snowfall Environment	2
An Attempt at Age Estimation of the Ryukyu Long-Furred Rat (Diplothrix legata) Using Tooth Wear Analysis: First Report on the Difference in Molar Wear Patterns between Rats in Okinawajima and Amami-Os	2
Dietary Resource Selection Pattern of Leopard (Panthera pardus) and its Conservation Implications in Urban Landscapes of Central India	2
A Record of Predation of a Juvenile Ryukyu Long-Furred Rat Diplothrix legata (Muridae: Rodentia) by a Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos (Corvidae: Passeriformes) and Related Nest Movement	2
Island Population Dynamics Since the Late Miocene: Comparative Phylogeography of Mammalian Species in Three Genera (Pentalagus, Diplothrix, and Tokudaia) Endemic to the Central Ryukyu Islands	2
Foraging of Endangered and Endemic Plant Species by a Non-Native Sika Deer Found in the Northern Part of Okinawa-Jima Island, Japan: Evidence from Fecal DNA Metabarcoding Analysis	2
Morphology of Metapodiophalangeal Joints and Mobility of Finger and Toe in Bovids	2