NOTES ON THE ANOMALURIDS OF RIO MUNI AND ADJACENT AREAS

Information obtained from specimens collected and observed in Rio Muni and adjecent areas is presented for three species of anomalurids. Data available on distribution, habitat, and habits are summarized and discussed with regard to the ecological relationships of three species

Distribution and Variation of the Mexican Vole in New Mexico

The purpose of this investigation is to describe kind and amount of geographic variation of Microtus mexicanus, a grass-inhabiting vole, in New Mexico and some adjacent areas. It was found that environmental conditions, such as amount of moisture, and amount and type of vegatational cover, as well as ecological competition with similar species, seemingly affect geographic variation among populations of M. mexicanus. Among the populations studied, geographic variation in color and size of the auditory bullae is more apparent than geographic variation in other features

BODY TEMPERATURES OF MANIS GIGANTEA AND MANIS TRICUSPIS

Little information has been published with regard to body temperatures of pangolins. Eisentraut (Saugetierk, Mitt. 4:64-67, 1959) provided a few rectal temperatures of Manis tricuspis. Data available on body temperatures, as well as detailed information on other aspects of the biology of pangolins, were summarized by Mohr (Schuppentiere, Die neue Brehm-Bucherei, A. Ziemsen Verlag-Wittenberg Lutherstadt, 99 pp., 1961). The purpose of this report is to present some additional information on body temperatures and thermal regulatory responses of M. gigantea and M. tricuspis

The Doctrine of the Church in American Presbyterian Theology in the Mid-Nineteeth Century

There is considerable unity in the principle with respect to the essential nature of the church, a unity which the theological leaders see as grounded in evangelical theology. However, even with the evangelical principle, perhaps because of it, some differences appear with respect to the church. The main purpose of the writer of this paper is to investigate the roots of those differences. One major problem discovered is a too great reliance on the distinction between the visible church and the invisible church

WING LOADING IN PLECOTUS RAFINESQUII

Considerable interest has developed in recent years with regard to studies of wing areas and wing loadings of North American bats (Davis and Cockrum, 19645; Jones, 1967; Davis, 1969; Farney and Fleharty, 1969). To our knowledge, such data have not been presented for Plecotus rafinesquii, one of the least known of North American species (Barbour and Davis, 1969). The purpose of this report is to provide information on flight of P. rafinesquii species, as well as adults of two other species of Plecotus. Seventy-one P. rafinesquii were studied: five were banded and released and 66 were preserved either as skins and skulls or in fluid and deposited in the United States National Museum (USNM) or in the Vertebrate Collections of Tulane University (TU). The animals were observed and collected 12 mi. W Woodville, Wilkson Co., Mississippi, on 11 June 1970 (29 USNM, 29 TU) and on the Riverside Campus of Tulane University, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on 30 June and 31 July 1970 (8 TU). At the former locality bats were found in an abandoned house; at the latter site animals were located beneath old ammunition-storage bunkers

COLONY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA

Few observations have been made on populations of bats in caveless Louisiana. information on populations of some species was included by Lowery (1943) on distribution and taxonomy of the mammals of Louisiana. Pagels (1970) presented data on populations of Tadarida brasiliensis, but these were incidental to a study perature responses. Some observations made during a one-year study of a Pipistrellus subflavus were summarized by Jones and Pagels (1968). Data on population structure and habits of P. subflavus were summarized and Davis (1969). Pipistrellus subflavus was reported to make extensive use as winter hibernacula and summer night roosts. Data on summer day roosts were but a few observations suggested the possibility of trees or foliage (Findley, (1966) studied population dynamics of P. subflavus in West Virginia caves. and Davis (1969) pointed out that pipistrelles were rarely found in buildings, but individual records were available

MAMMALS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES IN 1969

The number of each species of mammal reported on Form 3-177 for importation into the United States in 1969 is listed and discussed. The major groups of mammals reported for importation are compared with lists of mammals used in research, lists of rare and endangered species, lists of mammals whose importation is restricted, and lists of mammals imported in 1968. For some time, thousands of live mammals have been imported each year into the United States, for zoos, for research institutions, for the pet trade, and for private citizens. No listing of these importations was made before 1966, when Federal regulations made accounting mandatory. Since then, annual summaries of the total numbers of live mammals and other wildlife declared at ports of entry have been prepared by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife as Wildlife Leaflets. Also since 1966, the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences) has provided some information on the number of mammals used for research. This information was obtained from questionnaires returned by breeders, dealers, and users of laboratory animals. A list of mammals imported into the United States in 1968 was presented by Jones (1970). The purpose of this report is to list, by species, the number of mammals declared for importation into the United States in 1969. Scientists and others may be interested in this list because: it will indicate pressures exerted on certain populations of wild mammals and the need for their conservation; it may reveal species that could become pests if established in the wild after escape; it will help mammalogists determine the source of exotic species found in the wild; it will indicate taxa of mammals that must be identified at ports of entry to prevent importation of prohibited mammals; it may suggest improvements in procedures of recording declarations of imported wildlife; and it may indicate the availability of species that are useful in research. Comparison of this list with that issued for 1968 (Jones, 1970) and with lists to be issued in the future, may indicate trends or changes in importance of various species in research

Inter-religious relations in Yorubaland, Nigeria::corpus methods and anthropological survey data

This paper uses corpus methods to support the analysis of data collected as part of a large-scale ethnographic project that focusses on inter-religious relations in south-west Nigeria. Our corpus consists of answers to the open questions asked in a survey. The paper explores how people in the Yoruba-speaking south-west region of Nigeria, particularly Muslims and Christians, manage their religious differences. Through this analysis of inter-religious relations, we demonstrate how corpus linguistics can assist analyses of text-based data gathered in anthropological research. Meanwhile, our study also highlights the necessity of using anthropological methods and knowledge to interpret corpus outputs adequately.We carry out three types of analyses: keyness analysis, collocation analysis and concordance analysis. These analyses allow us to determine the ‘aboutness’ of our corpus. Four themes emerge from our analyses: (1) religion; (2) co-operation, tolerance and shared communal values such as ‘Yoruba-ness’; (3) social identities and hierarchies; and (4) the expression of boundaries and personal dislike of other religious practices.</jats:p