Journal of Mammalogy

期刊简介：Hystrix the Italian Journal of Mammalogy accepts papers on original research in basic and applied mammalogy on fossil and living mammals. The Journal is published both in paper and electronic "online first" format. Manuscripts can be published as full papers or short notes, as well as reviews on methods or theoretical issues related to mammals. Commentaries can also be occasionally accepted, under the approval by the Editor in Chief. Investigations of local or regional interest, new data about species distribution and range extensions or confirmatory research can be considered only when they have significant implications. Such studies should preferably be submitted as short notes. Manuscripts bearing only a local interest will not be accepted.Full papers have no limits in length as well as in figure and table number and are abstracted in English. Authors are encouraged to add supplemental material in form of colour figures, original datasets and/or computer program source code.Supplemental material and colour figures will appear only on the electronic edition.Short notes must be about 16000 characters long (including title, author names and affiliations, abstract and references), and do not include supplemental material. They are abstracted in English.Proceedings of symposia, meetings and/or workshops, and technical reports can be published as special supplements to regular issues, under the approval by the Editor in Chief and the Associate Editors.There are no page charges.

【译文】《Hystrix》是意大利哺乳动物学杂志，接受关于化石和活体哺乳动物的基础和应用哺乳动物学原创研究论文。该杂志以纸质和电子“在线优先”格式出版。稿件可以以全文或简短笔记的形式发表，也可以发表与哺乳动物相关的方 法或理论问题评论。偶尔也可以接受评论，需经主编批准。只有当研究具有重大影响时，才会考虑地方或区域兴趣的研究、关于物种分布和范围扩展的新数据或证实性研究。此类研究应优先以简短笔记的形式提交。只有地方兴趣的稿件将不予接受。全文没有长度和图表数量的限制，并以英文摘要。作者被鼓励添加补充材料，如彩色图表、原始数据集和/或计算机程序源代码。补充材料和彩色图表仅出现在电子版中。简短笔记的长度约为16000字符（包括标题、作者姓名和所属机构、摘要和参考文献），不包括补充材料。它们以英文摘要。