| hunting poisons of the north pacific region. | the hunting poisons of the north pacific region are discussed. the most important one used by the ainu was based on aconitum species (surku or suruku): on hokkaido, to some extent a. japonicum thumb. but probably mainly a. yezoense nakai and a. sachalinense fr. schm.; on southern sakhalin, perhaps a. fischeri reichb., a. maximum pall. ex dc., and/or a. sachalinense fr. schm.; and on the kuril islands, a. maximum pall. ex dc. poison from the japanese stingray dasyatis akajei (müller et henle) (ai ... | 1976 | 781454 |
| a new late miocene odobenid (mammalia: carnivora) from hokkaido, japan suggests rapid diversification of basal miocene odobenids. | the modern walrus, odobenus rosmarus, is specialized and only extant member of the family odobenidae. they were much more diversified in the past, and at least 16 genera and 20 species of fossil walruses have been known. although their diversity increased in the late miocene and pliocene (around 8-2 million years ago), older records are poorly known. a new genus and species of archaic odobenid, archaeodobenus akamatsui, gen. et sp. nov. from the late miocene (ca. 10.0-9.5 ma) top of the ichibang ... | 2015 | 26244784 |