Out-of-Himalaya: Evolutionary history of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia) evidence the impact of Asian environmental changesстатья
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Аннотация:We assessed the influence of past environmental changes, notably the
importance of palaeogeographical and climatic drivers, in shaping the distribution
patterns of Dipodoidea (Rodentia), the superfamily most closely related to
the large species-rich superfamily Muroidea (c. 1300–1500 species). Dipodoids
are suitable for testing several biogeographical hypotheses because of their disjunct
distribution patterns in the Northern Hemisphere and the numerous species
distributed in Asian deserts.Results Phylogenetic analyses recovered a well-resolved and supported topology.
The divergence between Dipodoidea and Muroidea occurred in the late
Palaeocene (c. 57.72 Ma) and modern Dipodoidea diversified during the middle
Eocene (c. 40.62 Ma). Similar results were found with each calibration
strategy used with the cross-validation procedure. The reconstruction of ancestral
areas and biogeographical events indicated that modern Dipodoidea originated
in the Himalaya-Tibetan and Central Asian region.
Main conclusions At the time when Dipodoidea diversified (middle Eocene),
the Central Asia and Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region experienced major uplift
episodes due to the collision of India with Asia, which also induced diversification
events in many other groups. Other important diversification events (e.g.
divergence between Zapodidae and Dipodidae in Central Asia) took placed
during the Eocene–Oligocene transition when the global temperature decreased
significantly and rodent/lagomorph-dominant faunas replaced Eocene perissodactyl-
dominant faunas. All of these climatic and geological disruptions in the
Central Asia and Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region modified landscapes and
offered new habitats that favoured diversification events, thus triggering the
evolutionary history of Dipodoidea.