According to recent taxonomic treatments, up 13 Nymphoides species exist in eastern Asia, with some purported be narrowly endemic. However, these treatments have largely covered rather limited geographic areas, whereas the genus can found worldwide. Inorder evaluate global distinctness of currently accepted we quantitatively examined their distinguishing morphological characters using informati...

This retrospective study aimed to identify and classify fractures in the appendicular axial skeletons of birds from Cariamidae Falconidae families presented a referral centre. Twelve thirteen adult red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) had skeleton one an fracture. All occurred pelvic limbs, but bird also thoracic limb Among long-bone fractures, ten were tibiotarsus. these six comminuted, two ...

The crested porcupine Hystrix cristata is one of the most well-known members Family Hystricidae, yet very little known regarding its geographic variability in Africa. Two alternative hypotheses exist; pre-1940s classical taxonomy supported existence a distinct Eastern African species, galeata, whereas recent molecular data seem to support only North-South separation inside single with geographi...