| chromosomal variation in the southern short-tailed shrew (blarina carolinensis). | chromosomal polymorphism was assessed in the southern short-tailed shrew (blarina carolinensis) using standard metaphase chromosome and g-banding techniques. twenty-one animals (11 males, 10 females) from the meeman biological station in shelby co., tennessee, were examined for diploid number. results showed diploid numbers of 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 and fundamental numbers of 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45. no diploid numbers or fundamental numbers were unique to a specific collecting locality. th ... | 1996 | 8999000 |
| venomous mammals. | it is not widely appreciated that mammals can be venomous in the manner of snakes and lizards. however, it was first demonstrated scientifically 50 years ago in the case of the american short-tailed shrew. subsequently, similar evidence has been obtained from european shrews and the haitian solenodon, but research in this area has been almost completely neglected for the last 20 years. in complete contrast to what has been learned about other animal venoms, the identity and mode of action of mam ... | 1992 | 1641406 |
| daily metabolic patterns of short-tailed shrews (blarina) in three natural seasonal temperature regimes. | | 1980 | 7217790 |
| short-tailed shrews: toxicity and residue relationships of ddt, dieldrin, and endrin. | | 1978 | 666368 |
| dental abnormalities in the short-tailed shrew, blarina blevicauda. | | 1968 | 5657267 |
| a redescription of pseudodiorchis reynoldsi (jones, 1944) (cestoda: hymenolepididae), a parasite of the short-tailed shrew. | | 1957 | 13463695 |
| the sense of smell in the short-tailed shrew. | | 1947 | 20245731 |
| scent glands of the short-tailed shrew. | | 1946 | 20981899 |
| brief comparison of short-tailed shrew and reptile poisons. | | 1945 | 21014225 |
| a new genus of asiatic short-tailed shrew (soricidae, eulipotyphla) based on molecular and morphological comparisons. | blarinellini is a tribe of soricine shrews comprised of nine fossil genera and one extant genus. blarinelline shrews were once widely distributed throughout eurasia and north america, though only members of the asiatic short-tailed shrew genus blarinella currently persist (mostly in southwestern china and adjacent areas). only three forms of blarinella have been recognized as either species or subspecies. however, recent molecular studies indicated a strikingly deep divergence within the genus, ... | 2018 | 29976842 |
| the pineal gland of the shrew (blarina brevicauda and blarina carolinensis): a light and electron microscopic study of pinealocytes. | the pineal gland structure and ultrastructure in the northern (blarina brevicauda) and southern short-tailed shrew (blarina carolinensis) are described by light and electron microscopy. results observed were similar to other mammals of insectivora described previously, specifically, the hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus) and the old world mole (talpa europea). two different types of pinealocytes were noticed by electron microscopy, in addition to relatively few glial cells. granular vesicles were no ... | 2018 | 30088080 |
| reassortment between divergent strains of camp ripley virus (hantaviridae) in the northern short-tailed shrew (blarina brevicauda). | genomic reassortment of segmented rna virus strains is an important evolutionary mechanism that can generate novel viruses with profound effects on human and animal health, such as the h1n1 influenza pandemic in 2009 arising from reassortment of two swine influenza viruses. reassortment is not restricted to influenza virus and has been shown to occur in members of the order bunyavirales. the majority of reassortment events occurs between closely related lineages purportedly due to molecular cons ... | 2020 | 33014888 |
| a comprehensive multi-omic approach reveals a relatively simple venom in a diet generalist, the northern short-tailed shrew, blarina brevicauda. | animals that use venom to feed on a wide diversity of prey may evolve a complex mixture of toxins to target a variety of physiological processes and prey-defense mechanisms. blarina brevicauda, the northern short-tailed shrew, is one of few venomous mammals, and is also known to eat evolutionarily divergent prey. despite their complex diet, earlier proteomic and transcriptomic studies of this shrew's venom have only identified two venom proteins. here, we investigated with comprehensive molecula ... | 2020 | 32520994 |
| who are you, griselda? a replacement name for a new genus of the asiatic short-tailed shrews (mammalia, eulipotyphla, soricidae): molecular and morphological analyses with the discussion of tribal affinities. | the first genetic study of the holotype of the gansu short-tailed shrew, blarinella griselda thomas, 1912, is presented. the mitochondrial analysis demonstrated that the type specimen of b. griselda is close to several recently collected specimens from southern gansu, northern sichuan and shaanxi, which are highly distinct from the two species of asiatic short-tailed shrews of southern sichuan, yunnan, and vietnam, b. quadraticauda and b. wardi. our analysis of four nuclear genes supported the p ... | 2019 | 31754323 |
| protocol for the reconstruction of micromammals from fossils. two case studies: the skulls of beremendia fissidens and dolinasorex glyphodon. | we have developed a protocol for reconstructing 3d models of the skulls of extinct species of small mammals. for the first time, the reconstruction uses fragments of fossils from a mixture of different specimens and from related extant species. we use free software and commercial computers to make the process reproducible and usable for the scientific community. we present a semi-quantitative protocol to face the problem of making 3d reconstructions of fossil species that are incomplete in the f ... | 2019 | 30893322 |
| sex-based differences in anti-predator response of crickets to chemical cues of a mammalian predator. | anti-predator behaviors like vigilance or hiding come at the expense of other fitness increasing behaviors such as foraging. to compensate for this trade-off, prey assess predation risk and modify the frequency of anti-predator behaviors according to the likelihood of the threat. in this study, we tested the ability of house crickets (acheta domesticus) to indirectly assess predation risk via odors from a mammalian predator, elliot's short-tailed shrew (blarina hylophaga). as natural differences ... | 2018 | 29910976 |