About the Authors

Ming Bai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Karl Jarvis

Affiliation Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Shu-Yong Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Ke-Qing Song

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Yan-Ping Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Zhi-Liang Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Wen-Zhu Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Wei Wang

Affiliation Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xing-Ke Yang

yangxk@ioz.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB XKY. Analyzed the data: MB YPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYW KQS ZLW WZL WW. Wrote the paper: MB KJ.