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Elephant Symposium And Related Activities, Elephant Editors

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Agenda for the upcoming Elephant Symposium at the American Society of Mammalogists 59th Annual Meeting, June 20th, 1979.

Information From The Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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Elephant-related activities of answering respondents to the newsletter's questionnaire.

Report On The Elephants Of Tongaland, Clive Walker

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Report from a preliminary survey of elephants in Southern Africa by the Endangered Wildlife Trust Elephant Group.

Financial Report And Acknowledgments, Elephant Editors

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Accounting of the Elephant Interest Group for production of the journal.

Bibliography, Elephant Editors

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Updates to the selected bibliography covering references from 1970 - mid-1979.

Isolation Of Mycoplasma From The Genital Tracts Of Elephants, Harold W. Clark, Daniel C. Laughlin, Jack S. Bailey, Thomas Mcp Brown

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The authors report finding arthritogenic agents, mycoplasmas, for the first time in a large group of captive elephants that are frequently crippled with rheumatism.

Iucn Elephant Survey And Conservation Programme: Summary Of Interim Report On Elephants In Kenya, Alison K. K. Hillman

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Preliminary summary of evidence on the status and population trends of elephants in Kenya, condensed from the original.

Klaserie Elephant Project: Progress Report, Clive Walker

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Report from an aerial survey of elephant population in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve in South Africa.

The Elephants Of Interview Island, Romulus Whitaker

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Report from survey work on elephants living on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, June, 1977.

Known Elephant Distribution In Africa: An Updated Map, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Alison K.K. Hillman

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Map depicting the elephant distribution in Africa as of Spring 1979.

Suggested Mechanical Model Of Elephant Trunk Muscle Tissue And Its Sheer Conjecture, Norris Whitehall

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A detailed simile modeling elephant trunk muscle tissue.

The Addo Elephant Research Project: A Brief Introduction, Anthony Hall-Martin

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Description of "an intensive research programme on the ecology, population dynamics, and behaviour" of elephants in the Addo Bush area of Cape Province, South Africa, launched in May 1976.

Ivory And Ivorine, Elephant Editors

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Items from news and other reports relating to ivory and ivorine.

Iucn/Wwf Elephant Survey And Conservation Programme Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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A survey soliciting data from captive elephants.

Elephant Interest Group Questionnaire, Elephant Editors

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Form for consideration for the Elephant Interest Group.

A Note From The Editor, Jeheskel Shoshani

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Dr. Shoshani introduces the newsletter and documents increasing interest and support.

Elephants In The News, Elephant Editors

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"Motty"-- Birth of an African/Asian elephant at Chester Zoo; Elephants at the Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon, USA; Elephants at the Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; "Dima"--26,000-year-old baby mammoth tissues are being studied at the University of California and Wayne State University, USA

Recent Correspondence, Elephant Editors

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Letters from Pieter deVilliers, Richard Lair, and Norris Whitehill

Elephant Interest Group - Membership List, Elephant Editors

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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.

Errata And Comments For Elephant Newsletter No. 2, Elephant Editors

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Errata and comments for Elephant Newsletter No. 2

Miscellaneous, Elephant Editors

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Including: a plea for publication of The African Elephant Bibliography; Errata and comments for Elephant 1.2; Information for readers; Proposal of an elephant hotline; and prompts for reader opinion

A Study Of Nongeographic Variation In Tatera Leucogaster (Mammalia: Rodentia) From Botswana, Pierre Swanepoel, Duane A. Schlitter, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Specimens of Tatera leucogaster from six localities in Botswana were tested for variation with age, secondary sexual variation, and individual variation. Of the six age classes recognized, categories I, II, and III each formed their own group, whereas cat egories IV, V, and VI were not separable on a morphometric basis and were considered to be adults. Significant secondary sexual variation was found only in depth of braincase in which females were larger. The only character exhibiting unusually high individual variation was length of posterior palatal foramen. All other characters exhibited individual variation within acceptable limits.

A Systematic Review Of The Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse, Perognathus Fasciatus (Rodentia, Heteromyidae), Daniel F. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Geographic variation in Perognathus fasciatus Wied and the identities of specimens of P. fasciatus and P. flavescens from areas of potential sympatry were investigated. Populations of P. fasciatus from the northern Great Plains, in areas with the highest amounts of precipitation, were the darkest colored and had proportionately the smallest auditory bullae. Size varied clinally in the Great Plains, with larger mice being found in the cooler, northern latitudes. Populations from the arid intermountain basins of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming were largest in size, had the longest tails, were the palest in color, and had the largest bullae. Two races …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1979) 47(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1978 Treasurer's Report ........................................ 2

The Breeding Birds of Nebraska. ...........................................3

Book Reviews .............................................................. 17, 19

Notes ..................................................................... 17, 19

Redescription And Comparison Of A Highly Fossorial Mole, Domninoides Mimicus (Insectivora, Talpidae), From The Clarendonian, Patricia W. Freeman

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The holotype of the species, Domninoides mimicus, is based on one tooth. Described in the present report is material containing a practically complete dentition and many postcranial elements which definitely belong with the teeth. This species is closely related to Domninoides valentinensis described by Reed (1962), but some of the antemolars in valentinensis are misidentified. The tooth formulas for valentinensis and for mimicus are given. Development of the cingula on the upper and lower molars in mimicus is conspicuous. Because of similar features in the postcranial bones, the Clarendonian mole may be as fossorial as Scalopus, probably the …

Macroinvertebrate Populations In The Upper Mississippi River, David R. Mcconville

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The macroinvertebrate community of the Mississippi River near Monticell, Minnesota, was examined for 22 months. Quantitative bottom fauna information was obtained by use of concrete block artificial substrate sampling units. Representative organisms were obtained from seven (7) orders, 15 families and 35 genera of benthic macroinvertebrates. All taxa collected displayed definite seasonal trends. The Orders Trichoptera, Diptera, and Ephemeroptera were the most abundant groups collected, Trichoptera (Hydropsyche and Cheumatopsyche) were the dominant members of the benthic population in both numbers and biomass. Midges and blackflies were the dominant Diptera. Pseudocloeon, Stenonema, and Ephemerella were the most frequently collected mayflies.

Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus Platorhynchus) In The Minnesota River, Paul Durkee, Brian Paulson, Robert Bellig

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhyncus platorhyncus, according to Eddy and Underhill (1974) has not been reported from the Minnesota River for a number of years. Recently, Wilcox et. al. (1978) reported a single adult taken in 1974, and two others in 1976. Our survey of the fishes in the Minnesota River showed a substantial number of shovelnose sturgeon, at least in certain locations. Twenty specimens were taken in 42 gill net days. Other data obtained included food habits and age-length relationships. Food habits were determined through volumetric analysis of stomach contents, and ages were obtained by sectioning the marginal pectoral fin …

Occurrence Of The Plains Harvest Mouse, Reithrondontomys Montanus (Baird) In Arkansas, Douglas A. James, John A. Sealander, Jeffrey R. Short

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of The Lens Protein Profiles Of Three Species Of Ozark Salamanders, James M. Britton

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The vertebrate lens has a high protein content (35%), 80-90% of which is composed of the soluble, lens-specific structural proteins, the crystallins. The lens protein profiles of urodelan species have been found to be qualitatively distinct. On this basis the lens proteins have been proposed as a measure of true speciation in urodelans. This paper is the result of our effort to derive a technique for comparison of lens protein profiles on a purely qualitative basis without utilizing the complex methodology employed by previous workers. With this object in mind, the lens protein profiles of Plethodon glutinosus, Ambystoma annulatum, and …

Three Species Of Trypethelium New To Arkansas, George T. Johnson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.