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Table 2 Estimates of best-supported shift-times for all Asian mammals and each order

From: Higher speciation and lower extinction rates influence mammal diversity gradients in Asia

Taxon group

Species richness

Turnover

Diversification rate

Shift time (Mya)

Number of shifts

All Asian Mammals

2549

1.25

−2.5×10−2

 

3

  

8.5×10−1

3.9×10−2

80

 
  

8.08×10−1

3.50×10−2

10

 
  

2.7×10−7

1.25×10−1

5

 

Rodent

959

1.46×10−1

5.27×10−2

 

1

  

6.09×10−7

1.41×10−1

25

 

Artiodactyla

126

3.51×10−6

2.01×10−2

 

1

  

1.63×10−1

1.17×10−1

30

 

Chiroptera

657

2.96×10−1

4.32×10−2

 

1

  

6.85×10−7

1.29×10−1

25

 

Soricomorpha

298

8.28×10−1

4.23×10−2

 

1

  

6.41×10−7

1.14×10−1

5

 

Lagomorpha

64

9.77×10−1

5.85×10−3

5

1

  

7.95×10−8

1.25×10−1

  

Carnivora

159

1.31×10−6

3.71×10−2

 

1

  

3.92×10−6

1.04×10−1

25

 

Primate

95

9.97×10−1

1.0×10−4

 

1

  

9.73×10−2

1.7×10−1

5

 

Erinaceomorpha

19

4.37×10−6

4.57×10−2

-

0

Pholidota

9

3.48×10−7

6.10×10−2

-

0

Scandentia

21

4.37×10−6

4.57×10−2

-

0

Perissodactyla

15

1.02

−0.002

-

0

  1. Turnover = Extinction rate/Speciation rate; Diversification = Speciation – Extinction. Shift time corresponds to the time when the significant shift was detected, and the number of shifts is denoted.