Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité

Enseignant chercheur & Chargée de conservation des collections de Mammifères (Carnivora) - Researcher & Curator of Mammals (Carnivora)


Editrice associée de Mammalia - Associate Editor of Mammalia


Member of the IUCN/SCC Small Carnivore Specialist Group

Thèmes de recherche

Phylogénie des Viverridae (civettes, civettes palmistes, genettes), Prionodontidae (linsangs), Herpestidae (mangoustes) et carnivores malgaches (Cryptoprocta, Eupleres, Fossa et Galidiinae). Confrontation de données moléculaires, morphologiques et éthologiques.

Phylogéographie, répartition, écologie et conservation des petits carnivores.

Research

Phylogeny of Viverridae (civets, palm civets, genets), Prionodontidae (linsangs), Herpestidae (mongooses) and Malagasy carnivores (Cryptoprocta, Eupleres, Fossa and Galidiinae). Molecular, morphological, behavioural data.

Phylogeography, distribution, ecology and conservation of small carnivores.

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Etudiants / Students

Thèse / PhD

 Nicolas Nesi (2008-2012 ; Encadrement scientifique : Alexandre Hassanin ; Phylogénie de la famille des Pteropodidae et phylogéographie comparée des espèces réservoirs des filovirus en Afrique)
 Andrew P. Jennings (2007-2010 ; Ecology and distribution of civets (Viverridae) and mongooses (Herpestidae) in Southeast Asia)
 Marie Lilith Patou (2005-2008 ; Phylogeography of Asian small carnivores)
 Philippe Gaubert (1999-2003 ; Phylogeny of Viverrid and Viverrid-like taxa)

Master

Marie-Lilith Patou (2005), Solé Floréal (2005), Ludivine Cosson (2004), Blaise Li (2004), Pauline Plazenet (2004), Mélanie Perez (2003), Marie-Ange Palomares (2003), Astrid Cruaud (2003), Géraldine Pothet (2003), Candice Dandrieux (2000), Philippe Gaubert (1999), Johann Millet (1999).

Publications récentes / Recent publications

2012

 Cornelis G, Heidmann O, Bernard-Stoecklin S, Reynaud K, Veron G, Mulot B, Dupressoir A, and Heidmann T. 2012. Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora. Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States Fev 14 2012, 109 (7) : E432-441.doi 10.1073/pnas.1115346109.

2011

 Jennings A & Veron G. 2011. Predicted distributions and ecological niches of eight civet and mongoose species in Southeast Asia. Journal of Mammalogy 92 : 316-327.

 Gaubert P, Machordom A, Morales A, López-Bao JV, Veron G, Amin M, Barros T, Basuony M, Djagoun CAMS, Do Linh San E, Fonseca C, Geffen E, Ozkurt SO, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Palomares F. 2011. Comparative phylogeography of two African carnivorans presumably introduced into Europe : disentangling natural versus human-mediated dispersal across the Strait of Gibraltar. Journal of Biogeography 38 : 341-358.

2010

 Patou M.-L., Wilting, A., Gaubert, P., Esselstyn, J.A., Cruaud, C., Jennings, A., Fickel, J. & G. Veron. 2010. Evolutionary history of the Paradoxurus palm civets - a new model for Asian biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 37 : 2077-2097.
 Veron G, 2010. Phylogeny of the Viverridae and ‘viverrid-like’ feliforms. In : Goswami, A & Friscia, A. (Eds.) Carnivoran Evolution : New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function. Cambridge University Press, pp.64-91.
 Jennings AP, Zubaid A, Veron G. 2010. Ranging behaviour, activity, habitat use, and morphology of the Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga) on Peninsular Malaysia and comparison with studies on Borneo and Sulawesi. Mammalian Biology 75:437-446.
 Jennings A.P., Zubaid A., Veron G. 2010. Home ranges, movements and activity of the short-tailed mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus) on Peninsular Malaysia. Mammalia 74:43-50.
 Veron G., Patou M.L., Simberloff D., McLenachan P.A., Morley C.G. 2010. Invasion Note : The Indian brown mongoose, yet an other invader in Fiji. Biological Invasions 12 (7) : 1947 (doi 10.1007/s10530-009-9616-z).

2009

 Gilchrist JS, Jennings AP, Veron G, Cavallini P. 2009. Family Herpestidae. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1, Carnivores, ed. D. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Lynx edicions, Barcelona, pp. 262-328.
 Jennings AP, Veron G. 2009. Family Viverridae. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1, Carnivores, ed. D. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Lynx edicions, Barcelona, pp. 174-233.
 Patou ML, Chen J, Cosson L, Andersen DH, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Randi E, Zhang S, Veron G. 2009. Low genetic diversity in the masked palm civet Paguma larvata (Viverridae). Journal of Zoology 278 : 218-230.
 Patou ML, Mclenachan PA, Morley CG, Couloux A, Jennings AP, Veron G. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the Herpestidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) with a special emphasis on the Asian Herpestes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53:69-80.
 Jacques H, Veron G, Allary F, Aulagnier S. 2009. The Congo clawless otter Aonyx congicus (Mustelidae, Lutrinae) : a review of its systematics, distribution and conservation status. African Zoology 44 : 159-170.

2008

 Veron G, Patterson BD, Reeves R, 2008. Global diversity of mammals (Mammalia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:607-617.

 Koepfli, K-P, Deere KA, Slater GJ, Begg C, Begg K, Grassman L, Lucherini M, Veron G, Wayne RK, 2008. Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae : resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation. BMC Biology 6:10 (doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-10).

 Chen JP, Andersen DH, Veron G, Randi E, Zhang SY. 2008. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata). Biochemical Genetics 46 : 392-397.

 Delgado S, Vidal N, Veron G, Sire J-Y. 2008. Amelogenin, the major protein of tooth enamel : a new phylogenetic marker for ordinal mammal relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:865-869.

 Patou M-L, Debruyne R, Jennings AP, Zubaid A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Veron G. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian palm civets (Hemigalinae & Paradoxurinae, Viverridae, Carnivora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:883-892.

 Dehghani R, Wanntorp L, Pagani P, Kallersjo M, Werdelin L, Veron G. 2008. Phylogeography of the white-tailed mongoose (Herpestidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) based on partial sequences of the mtDNA control region. Journal of Zoology 276 : 385-393.

2007

 Veron G, Patou ML, Pothet G, Simberloff D, Jennings AP, 2007. Systematic status and biogeography of the Javan and small Indian mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Zoologica Scripta 36 : 1-10.

 Cosson L, Grassman LLJr, Zubaid A, Vellayan S, Tillier A & Veron G, 2007. Genetic diversity of captive binturongs (Arctictis binturong, Viverridae, Carnivora) : Implications for conservation. Journal of Zoology 271 : 386-395.

 Veron, G, 2007. Phylogeny of the Viverridae and the viverrid-like feliforms. Abstract. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Austin, TX, USA, October 17-20 2007. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3, suppl.) : 162A.

2006

 Veron G, Gaubert P, Franklin N, Jennings AP, Grassman L, 2006. A reassessment of the distribution and taxonomy of the Endangered otter civet, Cynogale bennettii (Carnivora : Viverridae) of South-east Asia. Oryx 40 : 42-49.

 Perez M, Li B, Tillier A, Cruaud A, Veron G, 2006. Systematic relationships of the bushy-tailed and black-footed mongooses (genus Bdeogale, Herpestidae, Carnivora) based on molecular, chromosomal and morphological evidence. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 44 : 251-259.

 Chapron G, Veron G & Jennings AP, 2006. New carnivore species in Borneo may not be new. Conservation News. Oryx 40 : 134.

Conférences récentes / Recent conferences

 Veron G, Patou ML, Jennings AP. 2011. Molecular systematics, life traits and ecological niches of the mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora).Invited communication. 6th European Congress of Mammalogy, 19-23 July 2011, Paris, France.

 Morley, CG, Patou, ML, McLenachan, P, Simberloff, D., Veron, G., 2009. Presence of a second invasive mongoose in the Fiji islands. Communication, International Congress for Conservation Biological 2009, 11-16 July 2009, Bejing, China.

 Patou ML, Wilting A, Veron G. 2009. Evolutionary history of the Viverridae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in South-East Asia. Communication. Southeast Asia Gateway Evolution (SAGE) 2009, 14-17th September 2009, Royal Holloway Hall University, London.

 Patou ML, Wilting A, Fickel J, Veron G. 2009. Evolutionary history of the palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) - a new model for Asian biogeography. Communication. 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, 21st - 24th September 2009, Berlin, Germany.

 Patou M-L, Debruyne R, Jennings AP, Zubaid A, Rovie-Ryan JJ, Veron G. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian palm civets (Hemigalinae & Paradoxurinae, Viverridae, Carnivora). Communication. XX International Congress of Zoology, Paris, 26-28 Aout 2008.

 Veron, G. 2007. Phylogeny of the Viverridae and the viverrid-like feliforms. Communication. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX, USA, 17-20 Octobre 2007.