Abstract The woodpecker family (Picidae) includes numerous species that vary in size and plumage colouration, but which share many easily recognisable external features. These birds possess pronounced anatomical adaptions enable them to exploit arboreal habitats live niches are inaccessible most other birds. aim of this study was increase our knowledge on the relationships between skull shape, ...

—A new species of the squat lobster of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, M. formosa, is described from deep-water off the northeastern coast of Taiwan. The new species is most similar to M. camelus Ortmann, but differs in having a much broader and less curved rostrum, the posterior carapace ridge generally armed with a pair of submedian spines, only the chelipeds bearing epipods, and having a lig...

A new species of Myotis is described from Cambodia. The characterised by its fleshy, bicolored thumb, large foot sole, full dentition, relatively short rostrum, and high frontal part skull. currently only known the city Phnom Penh.

In this paper age determination and morphological characteristics of blacktip catfish, Plicofollis dussumieri, from Oman Sea were evaluated. A total of 132 fish specimens were collected from fishing trawlers or landings from March 2011 to July 2012, with minimum and maximum of 245 mm, 195 g and 767 mm, 5801 g, respectively. Maximum life span was 12 years for the length range of 245 – 767 mm FL,...

There is a series of pits in the scales of the rostrum and posterior portion of the lower lips in some pythons and boas. In the Australian python Morelia spilotes, these pits are innervated by the maxillary and mandibular branches of the trigeminal nerve. Structural and neurophysiological evidence indicate that in the pits there are receptors that function as detectors of radiant heat flux.

The objective of this study was to establish a standardized protocol to monitor Besnoitia tarandi prevalence and intensity in barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herds by: 1) calculating the relative sensitivity and specificity of the gross visual assessment of four anatomical sites compared with microscopic evaluation, and 2) determining which of four anatomical sampling sites was the mo...

How brains develop during early life is one of the most important topics in neuroscience because it underpins the neuronal functions that mature during this period. A comparison of the neurodevelopmental patterns among humans and nonhuman primates is essential to infer evolutional changes in neuroanatomy that account for higher-order brain functions, especially those specific to humans. The cor...

Abstract Skull shape analysis provides useful information on wildlife ecology and potential local adaptations. Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) often differentiate between coastal offshore populations worldwide, skull analyses can be particularly in this context. Here we quantify variation from the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) Mediterranean Sea, compared to specimens multiple ocea...