Karyotype Evolution of Shrew Moles (Soricomorpha: Talpidae)

Incidence of helminth parasites in shrew moles.

Molecular phylogenetic relationships of moles, shrew moles, and desmans from the new and old worlds.

A Rich variety of anatomical and physiological specializations has enabled members of the family Talpidae (moles, shrew moles, and desmans) to exploit a diverse range of habitats: terrestrial, semi-aquatic, aquatic/fossorial, semi-fossorial, and fossorial. While numerous morphological and biochemical studies pertaining to the origin and radiation of the Talpidae have been completed, phylogeneti...

Crown structure of the maxillary molars in the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides (Insectivora, Talpidae).

The maxillary first and second molars (M1 and M2) in the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides, were investigated using an odontometrical approach. The mesiodistal crown diameter was larger in M1 than in M2, while the buccolingual diameter of M1 was nearly equal to that of M2. M2 was more compressed mesiodistally than M1. M1 had a large distal triangle on the stylar shelf. The mesial triang...

Multiple refugia and barriers explain the phylogeography of the Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii (Mammalia: Soricomorpha)

Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore Building, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Département de Biologie & Centre d’Études Nordiques, University Laval, 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada Shine Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, A08, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hal...

A new species of small-eared shrew from Colombia and Venezuela (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Genus Cryptotis)

•Populations of small-eared shrews inhabiting the northern Cordillera Oriental of Colombia and adjoining Venezuelan highlands in the vicinity of Páramo de Tama have been referred alternatively to Cryptotis thomasi or Cryptotis meridensis. Morphological and morphometiical study of this population indicates that it belongs to neither taxon, but represents a distinct, previously unrecognized speci...