The lion-bull iconography during the Achaemenian period of ancient Persia has generated different theories of astronomicaland seasonal events besides the suggestions that it could be the symbol of the time cycle of the day, with lion representingthe sun and bull the night. However, the present paper draws the reader’s attention to the hitherto unexplored angle ofzoology to understand physiognom...

In this first attempt to model the distributions of a mesopelagic fish family at this scale in the eastern Australian region (10°S to 57°S), lanternfish species occurrence data spanning a period from 1928 to 2010 were modelled against environmental covariates. This involved: (1) data collation and taxonomic quality checking, (2) classification of trawls into "horizontal" (presence-absence) and ...

Among the many threats posed by invasions of nonnative species is introgressive hybridization, which can lead to the genomic extinction of native taxa. This phenomenon is regarded as common and perhaps inevitable among native cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout in western North America, despite that these taxa naturally co-occur in some locations. We conducted a synthetic analysis of 1...

Current theories regarding colonization of South America by mammals are divided between those supported by fossil evidence, which suggest the original mammal fauna of the isolated continent was augmented by early immigrants (primates, caviomorph rodents, and later, procyonids) with a final large influx of northern mammals occurring with the formation of the Panama land bridge, and an opposing v...

We examined small mammal (insectivores, bats and rodents) diversity in community legally protected forest remnants the Ghana-Togo Highlands of Volta Region Ghana, West Africa, a zoologically understudied area compared to neighboring Togo East, or Ghana west River. recorded 34 species: three species shrews (Soricidae Fischer, 1815), 12 rodents, one primate (Galagidae Gray, 1825) 17 (Chiroptera B...

A review of the genus Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 1874, which is represented in Ukraine; a description main morphological features and diagnostic made, data on ecological features, seasonal activity adults, distribution representatives Ukraine world keys to identify species are presented. The information territory has been clarified significantly supplemented by new findings. results can be used ...

In recent years there has been much progress in our understanding of the phylogeny and evolution of ticks, in particular the hard ticks (Ixodidae). Indeed, a consensus about the phylogeny of the hard ticks has emerged which is quite different to the working hypothesis of 10 years ago. So that the classification reflects our knowledge of ticks, several changes to the nomenclature of ticks are im...