Pub Date : 2024-01-15DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0074
Allama Shibli Sadik, M. Akash
Abstract Based on camera trap images, we document active foraging attempts on nests of colonial waterbirds by a fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus. The nests were built in the canopy of an 8-m-tall Indian Oak tree Barringtonia acutangula in the Haor Basin region, northeast Bangladesh. In 2022, two events of fishing cats reaching nests with fledglings were documented. In one event, the cat killed four fledglings. The species primarily follows a piscivorous diet and is evolutionarily adapted for semi-aquatic hunting niches. These records provide the first known evidence of the arboreal hunting behaviour observed in the fishing cat.
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Pub Date : 2024-01-15DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0133
M. Tammone, D. Voglino, Ericka Cuellar Soto, Ulyses E J. Pardinas
Abstract Ctenomys paramilloensis Roig et al. (1975. Ctenomys paramilloensis, una nueva especie de tucu-tuco de la Sierra de Uspallata, provincia de Mendoza (Rodentia, Octodontidae). In: Resúmenes IV Jornada Argentina de Zoología. Corrientes, Argentina), was coined to represent populations for this caviomorph (Hystricomorpha) subterranean rodent inhabiting a high Andean isolated tableland in the Sierra de Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina. To evaluate the validity of this nominal form we conducted a field sampling involving several localities within the target geographical area. The results obtained indicate that all the sampled populations belong to the widespread Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869. Accordingly, C. paramilloensis is resolved as a junior synonym of the latter.
摘要 Ctenomys paramilloensis Roig et al.Ctenomys paramilloensis, una nueva especie de tucu-tuco de la Sierra de Uspallata, provincia de Mendoza (Rodentia, Octodontidae).In：Resúmenes IV Jornada Argentina de Zoología.Corrientes，Argentina），以代表这种栖息于阿根廷门多萨省乌斯巴拉塔山脉安第斯高地孤立台地的腔肠动物（Hystricomorpha）。为了评估这一命名形式的有效性，我们在目标地理区域内的多个地点进行了实地采样。结果表明，所有采样种群都属于广泛分布的栉水母（Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi，1869 年）。因此，C. paramilloensis 被认定为后者的低等异名。
{"title":"Resolving the taxonomic status of Ctenomys paramilloensis (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae), an Andean nominal form from Mendoza Province, Argentina","authors":"M. Tammone, D. Voglino, Ericka Cuellar Soto, Ulyses E J. Pardinas","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0133","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ctenomys paramilloensis Roig et al. (1975. Ctenomys paramilloensis, una nueva especie de tucu-tuco de la Sierra de Uspallata, provincia de Mendoza (Rodentia, Octodontidae). In: Resúmenes IV Jornada Argentina de Zoología. Corrientes, Argentina), was coined to represent populations for this caviomorph (Hystricomorpha) subterranean rodent inhabiting a high Andean isolated tableland in the Sierra de Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina. To evaluate the validity of this nominal form we conducted a field sampling involving several localities within the target geographical area. The results obtained indicate that all the sampled populations belong to the widespread Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869. Accordingly, C. paramilloensis is resolved as a junior synonym of the latter.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139437129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-15DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0091
Omar F. Al-Sheikhly, Soran H. Ahmed, Soma I. Majeed, B. Kryštufek, Gholam H. Yusefi, Korsh Ararat
Abstract Due to the wide distribution through the Iranian Plateau, especially in its western parts adjacent to Iraq’s northeastern borders, the occurrence of Brandt’s Hedgehog Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) was suspected, but no confirmed records were made. In 2021–2023, several sightings were obtained during in situ surveys in the Bamo-Khoshk Mountains in the Kurdistan region-northeastern Iraq which confirm the first occurrence of this species in the country.
{"title":"Brandt’s Hedgehog, Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836), new to the mammal fauna of Iraq","authors":"Omar F. Al-Sheikhly, Soran H. Ahmed, Soma I. Majeed, B. Kryštufek, Gholam H. Yusefi, Korsh Ararat","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0091","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Due to the wide distribution through the Iranian Plateau, especially in its western parts adjacent to Iraq’s northeastern borders, the occurrence of Brandt’s Hedgehog Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) was suspected, but no confirmed records were made. In 2021–2023, several sightings were obtained during in situ surveys in the Bamo-Khoshk Mountains in the Kurdistan region-northeastern Iraq which confirm the first occurrence of this species in the country.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139437486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0090
François Mougeot, Manuel B. Morales, María José Pérez Álvarez, Miguel Muñoz López, Ruth Rodríguez-Pastor, Juan José Luque-Larena
Rodent populations often undergo large, regular fluctuations. We studied immunological condition and physiological stress in the common vole and how it varied with environmental factors linked with population fluctuations, namely flea and Francisella tularensis (the bacterium causing tularemia) prevalence. We used two leukocyte indices, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (N:L) and proportion of eosinophils, as physiological long-term stress indicators, and measured levels of immunoglobulins (Ig) as a generic index of immunological condition. Leukocyte indices showed a hump-shaped relationship with Ig levels, consistent with an interdependence between physiological stress and immunological condition. N:L was negatively associated with vole density only in males. Eosinophil proportion was explained by the interaction between flea burden and tularemia prevalence, with highest levels in flea-infested voles also infected with tularemia. Ig levels did not vary with sex or flea prevalence but increased in tularemia-infected voles. When Ig levels were included as covariates in our models, the associations between leukocyte indices and environmental factors remained significant. Results suggest sex-specific associations between physiological stress and population density, and an influence of tularemia infection depending on ectoparasite load. We recommend using immunological parameters complementarily to leukocyte indices when studying physiological stress and infection dynamics in wild populations.
{"title":"Variation in leukocyte indices and immunoglobulin levels according to host density, sex, flea burden and tularemia prevalence in the common vole Microtus arvalis","authors":"François Mougeot, Manuel B. Morales, María José Pérez Álvarez, Miguel Muñoz López, Ruth Rodríguez-Pastor, Juan José Luque-Larena","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0090","url":null,"abstract":"Rodent populations often undergo large, regular fluctuations. We studied immunological condition and physiological stress in the common vole and how it varied with environmental factors linked with population fluctuations, namely flea and <jats:italic>Francisella tularensis</jats:italic> (the bacterium causing tularemia) prevalence. We used two leukocyte indices, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (N:L) and proportion of eosinophils, as physiological long-term stress indicators, and measured levels of immunoglobulins (Ig) as a generic index of immunological condition. Leukocyte indices showed a hump-shaped relationship with Ig levels, consistent with an interdependence between physiological stress and immunological condition. N:L was negatively associated with vole density only in males. Eosinophil proportion was explained by the interaction between flea burden and tularemia prevalence, with highest levels in flea-infested voles also infected with tularemia. Ig levels did not vary with sex or flea prevalence but increased in tularemia-infected voles. When Ig levels were included as covariates in our models, the associations between leukocyte indices and environmental factors remained significant. Results suggest sex-specific associations between physiological stress and population density, and an influence of tularemia infection depending on ectoparasite load. We recommend using immunological parameters complementarily to leukocyte indices when studying physiological stress and infection dynamics in wild populations.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139083029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-30DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0131
Peter J. Roberts, Dave J. Druce, Nokubonga Mgqatsa, Daniel M. Parker
Protected areas are becoming increasingly isolated refugia for large carnivores but remain critical for their survival. Spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) are important members of the African large carnivore guild but, like other members of the guild, routinely come into conflict with people because of their large home ranges that are not always confined to protected areas. To effectively conserve spotted hyaena populations, it is paramount to monitor their abundance through reliable and cost-effective techniques. We estimated the density of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park (HiP), South Africa using camera trap images and a spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) framework between 2013 and 2018. We estimated an average of 18.29 ± 3.27 spotted hyaenas per 100 km2 between 2013 and 2018, with an annual estimated high of 20.83/100 km2 in 2014 and a low of 11.98/100 km2 in 2015. Our results demonstrate that camera trap by-catch data can be used for estimating spotted hyaena densities over time. We believe that given the widespread use and deployment of camera traps across Africa, collaborative efforts to use existing data to improve regional and continental estimates and population trends for spotted hyaenas should be a priority.
{"title":"Using photo by-catch data to reliably estimate spotted hyaena densities over time","authors":"Peter J. Roberts, Dave J. Druce, Nokubonga Mgqatsa, Daniel M. Parker","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2022-0131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0131","url":null,"abstract":"Protected areas are becoming increasingly isolated refugia for large carnivores but remain critical for their survival. Spotted hyaenas (<jats:italic>Crocuta crocuta</jats:italic>) are important members of the African large carnivore guild but, like other members of the guild, routinely come into conflict with people because of their large home ranges that are not always confined to protected areas. To effectively conserve spotted hyaena populations, it is paramount to monitor their abundance through reliable and cost-effective techniques. We estimated the density of spotted hyaenas in Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park (HiP), South Africa using camera trap images and a spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) framework between 2013 and 2018. We estimated an average of 18.29 ± 3.27 spotted hyaenas per 100 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> between 2013 and 2018, with an annual estimated high of 20.83/100 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> in 2014 and a low of 11.98/100 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> in 2015. Our results demonstrate that camera trap by-catch data can be used for estimating spotted hyaena densities over time. We believe that given the widespread use and deployment of camera traps across Africa, collaborative efforts to use existing data to improve regional and continental estimates and population trends for spotted hyaenas should be a priority.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139062274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0084
Guilherme Machado, L. Fischer, Carlos Henrique de-Oliveira-Nogueira, Wendel Dias Constantino, Amanda Braga, Caryne Braga
Abstract Understanding the predatory behavior of a species is critical to its ecological role. Little is known about the predatory behavior of the marsupial Didelphis aurita. Here, we present two cases to shed light on its opportunistic nature: an opossum struggling to locate and attack an immobile juvenile bird, indicating olfactory detection and visual constraints, and an opossum carrying a weakened rat that was host of four blowfly larvae. These events reinforce D. aurita’s opportunistic behavior in attacking debilitated vertebrates.
摘要 了解一个物种的捕食行为对其生态作用至关重要。人们对有袋类动物Didelphis aurita的捕食行为知之甚少。在此，我们介绍了两个案例，以揭示其机会主义的本质：一只负鼠奋力寻找并攻击一只无法移动的幼鸟，这表明了嗅觉探测和视觉限制；还有一只负鼠携带着一只虚弱的老鼠，老鼠身上寄生着四只吹蝇幼虫。这些事件强化了 D. aurita 攻击衰弱脊椎动物的机会主义行为。
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Pub Date : 2023-12-16DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0083
Medine Özmen, Sadık Demirtaş, Jeremy S. Herman, İslam Gündüz
Mitochondrial genetic variation was examined in long-eared hedgehogs, Hemiechinus auritus, from the Anatolian Peninsula, the adjacent island of Cyprus and from Azerbaijan. These data were compared with those available from other parts of the species’ range in North Africa and Asia. Two distinct cytochrome-b lineages are present in Anatolia, one of them previously unknown. The lineage found in south-eastern Anatolia has previously been identified in Egypt and is likely present around the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The close relationship between haplotypes from Cyprus and those from Egypt suggests that the island was colonised from North Africa, or perhaps the Middle East, rather than Anatolia. The new lineage, which can be referred to the subspecies H. a. calligoni, was only found in the extreme eastern part of Anatolia and may have been isolated from neighbouring lineages to the south-west and to the east by the Taurus and Caucasus mountain ranges, respectively.
{"title":"Mitochondrial genetic variation in long-eared hedgehogs, Hemiechinus auritus, from the Anatolian Peninsula and Cyprus","authors":"Medine Özmen, Sadık Demirtaş, Jeremy S. Herman, İslam Gündüz","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0083","url":null,"abstract":"Mitochondrial genetic variation was examined in long-eared hedgehogs, <jats:italic>Hemiechinus auritus</jats:italic>, from the Anatolian Peninsula, the adjacent island of Cyprus and from Azerbaijan. These data were compared with those available from other parts of the species’ range in North Africa and Asia. Two distinct cytochrome-<jats:italic>b</jats:italic> lineages are present in Anatolia, one of them previously unknown. The lineage found in south-eastern Anatolia has previously been identified in Egypt and is likely present around the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The close relationship between haplotypes from Cyprus and those from Egypt suggests that the island was colonised from North Africa, or perhaps the Middle East, rather than Anatolia. The new lineage, which can be referred to the subspecies <jats:italic>H. a. calligoni</jats:italic>, was only found in the extreme eastern part of Anatolia and may have been isolated from neighbouring lineages to the south-west and to the east by the Taurus and Caucasus mountain ranges, respectively.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138682939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0114
Rafaela Laino, Karim Musalem, Andrea Weiler, Estefania Valiente, Karen Chavez, Yolanda Ramos, Belén Zaldivar, Patricia Salinas, Robert D. Owen
We report the first records of Cuniculus paca for the Chaco or Western Region of Paraguay. The evidence consists of 18 records (63 photos and 12 videos) obtained through a camera trap located in a riparian forest of the Humid Chaco. The species showed solitary and nocturnal behavior and appeared near a stream that flows into the Paraguay River.
{"title":"First records of Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca) in the Paraguayan Chaco","authors":"Rafaela Laino, Karim Musalem, Andrea Weiler, Estefania Valiente, Karen Chavez, Yolanda Ramos, Belén Zaldivar, Patricia Salinas, Robert D. Owen","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0114","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first records of <jats:italic>Cuniculus paca</jats:italic> for the Chaco or Western Region of Paraguay. The evidence consists of 18 records (63 photos and 12 videos) obtained through a camera trap located in a riparian forest of the Humid Chaco. The species showed solitary and nocturnal behavior and appeared near a stream that flows into the Paraguay River.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-04DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0072
Ginethon G. Mhamphi, Venance T. Msoffe, Charles M. Lyimo, Abdul S. Katakweba, Apia W. Massawe, Erick V. G. Komba, Ladslaus L. Mnyone
Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease which is increasingly threatening the health of humans and animals worldwide consequent to the growing wildlife-animals-human interactions. Little is known about the epidemiology of this disease in Tanzania. In this study we investigated and characterized Bartonella species in small mammals’ ectoparasites from potentially high-risk areas in the country. A total of 141 ectoparasites pools of mites, fleas, ticks, and lice were analyzed using conventional PCR and sequencing. Bartonella DNA was detected in 34.8 % of the tested ectoparasite pools, with mites at 32.9 %, fleas at 40 %, ticks at 12.5 %, and lice at 50 %. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the Bartonella spp. genotypes were closely related to those found in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa. Different genotypes with independent haplotypes were observed, although most Bartonella spp. from fleas shared the same haplogroup. The confirmed presence of Bartonella elizabethae and Bartonella tribocorum in field and house rodents emphasizes the prevailing transmission risk of zoonotic infections in the study areas and beyond. Screening of humans, companion animals, and livestock in potentially high-risk areas in Tanzania is necessary in order to inform the development of responsive surveillance and control strategies.
{"title":"Detection and characterization of zoonotic Bartonella spp. in rodents and shrews ectoparasites from Kigoma and Morogoro regions, Tanzania","authors":"Ginethon G. Mhamphi, Venance T. Msoffe, Charles M. Lyimo, Abdul S. Katakweba, Apia W. Massawe, Erick V. G. Komba, Ladslaus L. Mnyone","doi":"10.1515/mammalia-2023-0072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0072","url":null,"abstract":"Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease which is increasingly threatening the health of humans and animals worldwide consequent to the growing wildlife-animals-human interactions. Little is known about the epidemiology of this disease in Tanzania. In this study we investigated and characterized <jats:italic>Bartonella</jats:italic> species in small mammals’ ectoparasites from potentially high-risk areas in the country. A total of 141 ectoparasites pools of mites, fleas, ticks, and lice were analyzed using conventional PCR and sequencing. <jats:italic>Bartonella</jats:italic> DNA was detected in 34.8 % of the tested ectoparasite pools, with mites at 32.9 %, fleas at 40 %, ticks at 12.5 %, and lice at 50 %. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the <jats:italic>Bartonella</jats:italic> spp. genotypes were closely related to those found in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa. Different genotypes with independent haplotypes were observed, although most <jats:italic>Bartonella</jats:italic> spp. from fleas shared the same haplogroup. The confirmed presence of <jats:italic>Bartonella elizabethae</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Bartonella tribocorum</jats:italic> in field and house rodents emphasizes the prevailing transmission risk of zoonotic infections in the study areas and beyond. Screening of humans, companion animals, and livestock in potentially high-risk areas in Tanzania is necessary in order to inform the development of responsive surveillance and control strategies.","PeriodicalId":49892,"journal":{"name":"Mammalia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138515909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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