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Neotoma Phenax, J. Knox Jones Jr., Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Neotoma phenax (Merriam, 1903)
Sonoran Woodrat

Revision Of The Antillean Bats Of The Genus Brachyphylla (Mammalia: Phyllostomatidae), Pierre Swanepoel, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Nongeographic and geographic variation have been analyzed in the genus Brachyphylla. which belongs to the Antillean endemic subfamily Phyllonycterinae of the family Phylloslomatidae. Males were found to be generally larger than females: therefore, the sexes were analyzed separately for geographic variation. External measurements except length of forearm were found to displaya high degree of individual variation. They were not used in subsequent analyses. Of cranial measurements, greatest length of skull and condylobasal length showed the least individual variation, whereas palatal length, postorbital breadth (in samples from west of the Mona Passage only), and rostral width at canines showed relatively …

Review Of The Desert Pocket Gopher, Geomys Arenarius (Mammalia: Rodentia), Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The desert pocket gopher (Geomys arenarius), which occupies a restricted geographic range in Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, was examined for morphological variation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine age, sexual, individual, and geographic variation. Significant differences were found among different age classes and between sexes. Males displayed higher individual variation than females and external measurements were more variable than cranial measurements. Two subspecies--G. a. arenarius and G. a. brevirostris--were recognized after analyses of geographic variation.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1978) 46(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1978 (Fifty-third) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report

Notes ...................86

1978 Fall Field Day ...................86

Index of Volume XXXXVI ...................87

Index of Volume XXXXVI ...................87

An Analysis Of Hair Structure And Its Phylogenetic Implications Among Heteromyid Rodents, Jacqueline A. Homan, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Hair morphology of 36 species of the family Heteromyidae including the genera Dipodomys, Perognathus, Microdipodops, Liomys, and Heteromys was studied using both light and scanning electron microscopy. Variables investigated included length and width of hair, imbricate scale pattern, external and cross-section form of hair, and medullary characteristics. Although the hair of individual species could be characterized with detailed study, we do not believe that hair structure will be of value in evolutionary studies of this group below the generic level. The overhair of heteromyid rodents falls into two morphological types-hair which is round to oval in …

Aquatic Vascular Plants In Three Bays Of Eastern Door County, Wisconsin, Peter J. Salamun

Field Station Bulletins

Aquatic macrophytes of the western shores of Lake Michigan have received little attention from Wisconsin botanists (Ross and Calhoun, 1951; Curtis, 1959), probably because few localities are available for study. Severe wave action and unstable bottom sediments prevent the establishment of such plants in many areas of the lakeshore and intensive shoreline development has eliminated most of the hardy species which were originally present. However, three bays in eastern Door County (Rowleys Bay, North Bay and Moonlight Bay) support a considerable number of aquatic plant because they are protected from severe storms and are relatively free from human interference. This …

Predator Recognition Through Audition In The Black-Capped Chickadee (Parus Airicapillus), Karen Apel

Field Station Bulletins

The behavior of bird species toward a potential predator has been investigated in various studies in which a live or model predator has been presented to the subject(s). However, with the exception of a few reports of the responses of birds to imitated calls of different birds of prey (e.g., Miller, 1952), little work has been done on how a bird's behavior is influenced by the vocalizations of predators. The purpose of this study was to record the behavior of free-living Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) when tape-recorded calls of predatory birds were played back to them.

Bats Are Beautiful, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The thought that "Bats are Beautiful" may bring a smile to your face as you think of these ugly little creatures hanging from the ceilings of haunted houses and flying around deserted bell towers at midnight. You may also remember old wives tales such as "all bats have rabies" or "bats try to fly into women's hair." None of these things is completely true, and some of the tales have no basis in fact whatsoever.

Actually, the 875 species of bats form a unique Order of mammals (those animals possessing hair at least somewhere on their bodies), since they are …

The Fall And Winter Food Habits Of The Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) In The Great Dismal Swamp Of Virginia, Francis Leonard Daniel

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

A study was conducted on the food habits of the black bear (Ursus americanus) in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia. A total of four stomachs and 42 scats were analyzed. Four samples were collected from September and October of 1975, and the remainder of the samples were collected from September 1976 to February 1977. The study was conducted to obtain information vital to the management of this species in the Great Dismal Swamp. Vitis spp. was the primary food item during the fall comprising 43% of the total diet, followed by fruits of Diospyros virginiana and Asimina triloba, each …

A Mid-Continent Irruption Of Canada Lynx, 1962-63, Harvey L. Gunderson

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

There was a mid-continent irruption of the Canada lynx (Felis lynx) population and subsequent extensive movement into non-lynx habitats during the years 1962-1963. Lynx were found in the prairie provinces of Canada and the prairie areas of Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. They were also found in urban areas such as Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota: Winnipeg, Manitoba: and Calgary, Saskatchewan, Canada. Causes for the irruption remain unknown but speculations include primarily a change in snowshoe hare population, disease, extensive forest fires and extensive spraying. Unusual behavior seemed to be most often reflected by a lack of …

Notes On Distribution Of Three Species Of Mammals In South Dakota, J. Knox Jones Jr., Jerry R. Choate, Robert B. Wilhelm

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

No definitive account of the mammals of South Dakota has been published and, therefore, the distribution of species occurring in that state is relatively poorly documented save for several geographically restricted faunal studies (Andersen and Jones 1971, on Harding County, Findley 1956, on Oay County, and Turner 1974, on the Black Hills, for example). Our own work in South Dakota began almost two decades ago, but in recent years has focued primarily on the unique environmental area in southern Bennett County. Three species of mammals for which we have important unpublished distributional records from the state are the eastern mole, …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1978) 46(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The First Eleven Years of Breeding Bird Surveys in Nebraska ...............38

Notes ................62

Book Review ....................64

Distribution Of Two Species Of Long-Eared Bats Of The Genus Myotis On The Northern Great Plains, J. Knox Jones Jr., Jerry R. Choate

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Two long-eared species of the cosmopolitan bat genus Myotis, the long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) and the fringe-tailed myotis (Myotis thysanodes), have been known for many years from the Northern Great Plains. Material acquired in the last decade or so, however, reveals a somewhat different distributional pattern for the two species than had been supposed on the basis of specimens obtained earlier, some of which have been misidentified in the published literature.

Mammals Of The Smithsonian Venezuelan Project, Charles O. Handley Jr.

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

Mammals and their ectoparasites were collected in all parts of Venezuela between 1965 and 1968 by the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Ecological and geographical data are summarized here for 38,213 specimens of 270 species of mammals obtained by the project.

Front Matter, Vol. 20 No. 5

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Vol. 20 No. 5

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1978) 46(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

The Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting ............................................. 22

1977 (Twentieth) Fall Occurrence Report ................................. 23

Book Review ................................................................... 35

Bats Of Guadeloupe, Robert J. Baker, Hugh H. Genoways, John C. Patton

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The bat fauna of the Lesser Antillean chain is of considerable interest because it is composed of a depauperate extension of the South American fauna, species that have a widespread distribution in the Antilles, and a few species that are endemic to the Lesser Antilles (Baker and Genoways, 1978). Relative to bat speciation and diversity, Guadeloupe is probably the most important island of the Antillean chain.

This report is concerned with the natural history and systematics of the 11 chiropteran species known from Guadeloupe, three of which are endemic. Comments concerning systematic relationships are based on specimens that we collected …

Front Matter, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Table of Contents and Cover credits

Information From The Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Elephant-related activities of answering respondents to the first newsletter's questionnaire, along with the stated objectives of the Elephant Interest Group.

Tentative Agenda For The Upcoming Meeting Of The Eig, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Agenda for the EIG's meeting during the 58th Annual meeting of the ASA, Athens, GA, June 13-17, 1977.

Elephantine Animals, Dale J. Osborn

Elephant

Survey of animals named for features that recall the elephant.

Elephants In The Plant World, Dale J. Osborn

Elephant

Survey of plants named for features that recall the elephant.

Ivory, Elephants, And Men (A Book Soon To Be Published), Kenneth C. Wylie

Elephant

Topical preview of the titular tome.

Elephant Library, Elephant Editors

Elephant

First mention of the future Elephant Library at the Wayne State University Library System

Potpourri, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Acknowledgments, back issues, information about mascot Ahmed.

Elephant Interest Group - Membership List, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Mailing List for the Elephant Interest Group. This document contains sensitive personal information and is therefore not openly available on this site. Please contact the administrators for details.

Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Form for consideration for the Elephant Interest Group.

Ban The Ivory Campaign, Elephant Editors

Elephant

Timeline and details of the Ban The Ivory campaign.

Known Elephant Numbers And Distribution In Africa, Iain Douglas-Hamilton

Elephant

Map and Population table detailing known elephant population in Africa as of 1978.