Alberto Valenciano Vaquero

I am Ph.D., specialized in faunas of carnivorans from the Neogene 23-2.5 Ma of Eurasia, North America, and Africa. My research focuses on taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, and paleobiology, concentrating on the evolution of mustelids (weasels, badgers and otters), mephitids (skunks), ailurids (red pandas), canids (jackals, wolves) amphicyonids (bear-dogs), and ursids (bears), with special attention to faunas of Spain, Turkey, China, North America and South Africa. I also study other Neogene families such as felids (sabertooth cats, caracals), herpestids (mongoose) and viverrids (civets and genets) from the same regions.

I also hold affiliations with the University of Cape Town and Iziko Museum of South Africa.