A new species of the bovid Shaanxispira, from the upper Miocene deposits of the Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China, is described here. Shaanxispira is endemic to Northern China and was previously known only from the Lantian area, Shaanxi Province, by two species, S. chowi and S. baheensis. The new species, S. linxiaensis nov. sp., is of early Bahean in age, slightly older than the species from...

Theileriasis is a protozoan infection of wild and domestic Bovidae which occurs throughout much of the world. The Theileria spp. are transmitted by ixodid ticks and have complex life cycles in both vertebrate host and vector, with sexual reproduction occurring in the tick. The classification and distribution of the different species are reviewed, followed by a description of the pathology, immu...

The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) is the rarest and least-known hoofedmammal classified as a game species in the state of Washington. (Woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, are rarer, but are classified as Endangered under both Federal and Washington’s state endangered species statute). Although often called simply “antelope”, pronghorns are not true antelope at all; most au...

The Mainland Serow Capricornis sumatraensis is an under-studied, enigmatic rupicarin in the family Bovidae that lives remote parts of interior Cambodia’s mountain ranges, most which border neighboring countries. Their population status Cambodia unclear but thought to be decline. Our records stem from steep forested areas and never open meadows or clearings. fairly robust camera trap records, in...

The critical role that the major histocompatibility complex plays in the immune recognition of parasites and pathogens makes its evolutionary dynamics exceptionally relevant to ecology, population biology, and conservation studies. The black muntjac is a rare deer endemic to a small mountainous region in eastern China. We found that this species has two DQA loci through cDNA expression and...

δ-octalactone, produced by several Bovidae, has been suggested as a potential repellant of tsetse fly attack. Racemic δ-octalactone was synthesized via an abbreviated route. The product was assayed against 3-day old starved teneral female tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans Wiedemann (Diptera: Glossinidae), in a choice wind tunnel and found to be a potent tsetse repellent at doses ≥0.05 ...