Further observations on parasites of the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides temminck.

Parasites of the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides temminck.

Some nematodes of the Japanese shrew mole, Urotrichus talpoides Temminck.

Major category: Biological Sciences Minor category: Medical Sciences Title: Molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus in the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides) Running title: Hantavirus in the Japanese Shrew Mole Authors:

Recent molecular evidence of genetically distinct hantaviruses in shrews, captured in widely separated geographical regions, corroborates decades-old reports of hantavirus antigens in shrew tissues. Apart from challenging the conventional view that rodents are the principal reservoir hosts, the newly identified soricid-borne hantaviruses raise the possibility that other soricomorphs, notably ta...

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...

Molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus in the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides).

Recent molecular evidence of genetically distinct hantaviruses in shrews, captured in widely separated geographical regions, corroborates decades-old reports of hantavirus antigens in shrew tissues. Apart from challenging the conventional view that rodents are the principal reservoir hosts, the recently identified soricid-borne hantaviruses raise the possibility that other soricomorphs, notably...