Li, Yongyuan
Xie, Mengru
Onditi, Kenneth Otieno
Li, Xueyou
Chen, Guangzhi
Wang, Hongjiao
Fang, Yihao
Shu, Xuehua
Song, Wenyu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (32260277)
Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (2024QZKK02010209)
Yunnan Provincial Research Foundation for Basic Research (202401AT070077)
Open Project from the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution (GREKF22‑03)
Article History
Received: 9 September 2025
Revised: 18 May 2026
Accepted: 25 May 2026
First Online: 19 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Specimens and samples were acquired under the guidelines of the American Society of Mammologists on the use of wild animals. The animal studies were authorized by the internal review board of the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Approval No: SMKX-2012023 & SMKX-20161115-01) and the Dali University Subcommittee on Experimental Animal Ethics (Approval No: 2021-P2- 162) based on the guidelines provided by the Regulations for the Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals of China. No human subjects were used in this study.