Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology the University of Michigan Akodon of Peru and Bolivia-revision of the Fumeus Group (rodentia: Sigmodontinae)

-Myen, P. and J. L. Patton. 1989. The Akodon of Peru and Bolivia-Revision of the fumeus grout, (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Occ. Pap. M m . Zool., Univ. Michigan, 721 tl-35,figs. 1-1 I . A new species of the genus Akodon is described from Puno and Cusco departments, southern Peru. It appears to be similar and perhaps closely related to Akodon fumew, a species that inhabits the eastern slopes of t...

OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF T H E MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF RIICHIGAR' ANN ARBOR, ~IICI-IIGAN ANATOMY OF MIDDLE-EAR WALLS AND CAVITIES IN NINE SPECIES OF hIICROTINE RODENTS

A novel form of parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian

Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Kaiserstraat 63, 2311 GP, Leiden, The Netherlands. Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503900, São Paulo, Brazil Institut für Zoomorphologie und Zellbiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätstrasse, D-40225...

The Food Habits of the Barn Owl Tyto Alba at Three Sites on Madagascar

THE FOOD HABITS OF THE BARN OWL TYTO ALBA AT THREE SITES ON MADAGASCAR Steven M. Goodman a , Olivier Langrand b & Christopher J. Raxworthy c a Field Museum of Natural History , Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605, U.S.A. b World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) , B. P. 738, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar c Division of Herpetology , Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan...

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan

During the Mesozoic Era there flourished a group of species of saltatorial Orthoptera of the suborder Ensifera that are included in the fBmily Haglidae, of which fossils representing more than 30 genera are known. T h e Haglidae comprise the subfamilies Elaglinae, Isfaropterinae, Cyrtophyllitinae, and Prophalangopsinae. During the upper Jurassic, according to Sharov (1971), species of the last-...

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan Mammals

The terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Philippines has traditionally been divided into four major provinces, based on richness, composition, and degree of endemism (Darlington, 1957; see also Alcala, 1976). The first, the Palawan province (including Palawan, Balabac, Busuanga, Culion, and nearby small islands), is noteworthy for its rich fauna (relative to island size), including many groups (c...