On the Common Shrew-mole in Illinois

Newfound Hantavirus in Chinese Mole Shrew, Vietnam

Sequence analysis of the full-length medium segment and the partial small and large segments of a hantavirus, detected by reverse transcription-PCR in lung tissues of the Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) captured in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, in December 2006, indicated that it is genetically distinct from rodentborne hantaviruses.

Helminths of the shrew-mole Neurotrichus gibbsii (Baird) in Oregon.

Helminths of the shrew-mole from Oregon are described. They include a cestode Hymenolepis neurotrichi sp. n., a trematode Microphallus aspalacis sp. n., and the thirdstage larva of an undetermined species of Porrocaecum (nematode), probably P. depressum (Zeder, 1800), or P. angusticolle (Molin, 1860). Preserved viscera of ten animals were examined. Three were infected. The parasites of the Nort...

Some nematodes of the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides Temminck.

Parasites of the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides temminck.

The Common Shrew Gene Map.

Among mammals, gene mapping efforts have concentrated mainly on humans and house mice. However, although studies of these 2 species can add much to our understanding of eutherian genome evolution (for example, Ehrlich and others 1997), it is important to expand the range of species to be examined for a more complete picture of the genomic changes that have occurred during the eutherian radiatio...