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"SHREW TALK" - Vol. 1, No. 20 - 24 September
1997
SHREW TALK - 24 September 1997 - Vol. 1, No. 20
Number of Recipients: >234
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Contents of this Issue
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o Editorial
o Research
1. Re: Shrew venom ... lacking data
2. Shrews from Christmas Island
3. Energy Consumption of African and European Shrews
4. Collection of the Siberian Zoological Museum
o Shrew Bibliography: New Papers
o What's New on the Shrew (ist's) Site
o Shrew Talk Instructions
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o EDITORIAL
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Dear Shrew-Fessionals and Shrew-Mateurs,
Some may have missed this editorial lately, others might have been
relieved that it was left out... But here it is again.
The number of recent responses to certain postings on the newsletter
indicates that the majority of you are back from your holidays or congress
visits. It might also be a reflection of The Shrew Site having been mentioned
in this month's issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine, as I was told.
From a letter in latest Shrew Talk I gathered that the Shrew Site is
not *MY* site. There is some truth in this, since it is composed of a great
number of contributions by many 'Shrewists'. Thank you. However, we could
do better, I think. Any contributions (text, distribution maps, photos
or illustrations of e.g. parasites, gene maps etc.) will be highly appreciated
as long as it complies with copyright regulations.
The Site was rather successful in getting a few new shrewists, although
a number of subscribers have left us: these were 'shrew-mateurs': This
may be related to the fact that the newsletter shifted towards a more scientific
viewpoint, although it was also intended to raise 'public awareness'. But,
as I said: it is YOUR site...
Your's shrewly, Werner Haberl
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o RESEARCH
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1) Re: Shrew venom ... lacking data
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:50:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: "lise.hanners" <lise.hanners@internetMCI.com>
Subject: Shrew Venom
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Keith Carson responded to my request for information and said that
very little work has been done on the toxic material in Blarina since the
1950's. He cited the Ellis and Krayer paper in J. Pharm. Exp. Therap. 114:127-37
(1955) as the best description of the chemical properties of the gland
extracts. _______________________________________________________________________
2) Shrews from Christmas Island
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:04:22
From: Paul Meek <panres@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: SHREW TALK
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Dr Haberl
I have only today heard about your home page and was interested to
see there is such an exhaustive amount of work that has gone into this
concept....congratulations. I am a biologist working for the Australian
government on Christmas Island, our agency is called Parks Australia and
we manage several high profile Parks like Kakadu and Uluru .... you may
have heard of them ?.
I am a wildlife biologist, in this instance concerned with the biology
of shrews, particularly Crocidura. I am currently responsible for determining
the status of an endangered Australian shrew (Crocidura attenuata trichura)
that was thought to be extinct until 2 individuals were found in 1985.
Since that time survey work has not reported a single animal. The Australian
governement has stated that all endangered species must have a recovery
plan in place by 1998 and as such I need to prepare a statement on this
species' status. I have commenced the survey work this year but our primary
focus is on the period of October through to June 1998.est.
Christmas Island is an external Territory and we are responsible for
managing 63% of the island as well as marine and terrestrial wildlife habitat.
I have responsiblity, as the Natural Resources Manager to initiate research
projects that will assist us in managing our resources with the best in
scientific advice. One of my projects is to determine the status of Australia's
only shrew the Christmas Island Shrew Crocidura attenuata trichura a subspecies
of Asia, (currently listed as endangered although strangely, not in the
IUCN shrew book). This is not strange given our close proximity to Java
(300km).
I have been emailing Peter Vogel who has been helpful and recently
I spent 2 weeks in Peninsula Malaysia on a fact finding mission with the
Malaysian National Park and Wildlife Department. I have been purposely
trying to build a network of biologists with shrew experience to ensure
I have been approaching our research on Island efficiently and effectively.
I would love to be put on your SHREW TALK email list and be able to liaise
with other shrewologists !.
Our research will formally commence this October and we hope to have
some answers on whether Australia's only shrew is extant or extinct
I look forward to your reponse.
Paul Meek Natural Resources Manager Parks Australia North PO Box ZZZ
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean phone (08) 91 648 409 fax (08) 91 648 755
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3) Energy Consumption of African and European Shrews
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:29:52 +0200
From: John.Aeschimann@izea.unil.ch (John Aeschimann)
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I have been working since a few years on a thesis dealing with the
ecophysiology of shrews (maximal energy consumption of several African
and European species) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, under
the direction of Prof. Vogel. I would therefore be very interested in joining
the Shrew talk news group, as well as having my name added to the Shrewists
on E-mail list. Here are some informations:
John Aeschimann # Institut de Zoologie et Ecologie Animale # Université
de Lausanne # CH-1015 Lausanne # Switzerland # jaeschim@izea.unil.ch #
shrew ecophysiology
I thank you very much for holding this forum, as well as for your very
interesting Web site.
Yours faithfully
John Aeschimann
John Aeschimann Institut de Zoologie et Ecologie Animale Universite
de Lausanne Batiment de Biologie CH-1015 LAUSANNE
Tel.: 021/ 692.41.88
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4) Collection of the Siberian Zoological Museum
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 12:28:54 +0900
From: "Koyasu, Kazuhiro" <koyasu@dpc.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: *SHREW*: Ex-Soviet Shrew References & Bibliography
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Dear Werner,
(...) We already published "Catalogue of the collection of mammals
in the Siberian Zoological Museum (Novosibirsk, Russia)" with Elena
I. Zholnerovskaya of the Siberian Zoological Museum. (...)
Although one of the largest zoological museums in Russia, the Siberian
Zoological Museum is one of the least well-known, despite the fact that
in 1994 it celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a department of the Institute
of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, part of the Siberian Branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (formerly the Biological Institute of the Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Only three museums in Russia
have more than 100,000 mammal specimens: Leningrad, Moscow and Novosibirsk
(Rossolimo, 1985; Zholnerovskaya, 1992, 1995; Mordkovich and Zholnerovskaya,
1995; Zholnerovskaya and Mordkovich, 1996)*. The Siberian theriological
collection is one of the thirteen largest collections in the world (Angermann,
1989; Genoways and Schlitter, 1982). It includes over 273 identified species,
representative of the fauna of Siberia and to a lesser extent other parts
of the former USSR. For some species, data is also available from Western
Europe, Western and Central Asia, Mongolia, Japan, Africa, and other areas.
The museum's collection is composed of archived materials, and is not on
display. The composition of the inventory is shown in the table supplied.
It can be seen that about 70% are mammal species of the fauna of what was
formerly the USSR, the bulk of which are accounted for by lypotyphlans
(51,000 specimens). Created through the efforts of S.U. Stroganov and B.S.
Yudin, this section of the collection is possibly the best in Russia. The
materials in the collection have been arranged in series reflecting geographi-cal,
individual, sex, age and coat color variation. The type collection is represented
by 69 specimens, including 20 holotypes and 49 paratypes of species and
subspecies (Yudin and Zolotarenko, 1970).
KOYASU, Kazuhiro the 2nd Department of Anatomy phone:(+81)52-751-2561
ext.356 Aichi-Gakuin University fax: (+81)52-752-5988 Kusumoto, Nagoya
464, Japan email:koyasu@dpc.aichi-gakuin.ac.jp
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o SHREW BIBLIOGRAPHY: New Papers
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ÒThe Shrew BibliographyÓ is a collection of more than
6000 references to research on the biology of the Soricidae (Insectivora,
Mammalia) and small mammal ecology. More info: http://members.vienna.at/shrew/shrewbib.html
To announce your new research papers/books, please follow the instructions
(separate fields with the character "#"): Author(s)#Year#Title#Journal&Page
No.#Abstract#Keywords#Address *I* would appreciate receiving a reprint
of your paper and/or a list of your publications to add to the bibliography.
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o WHAT'S NEW ON THE SHREW (ist's) SITE?
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http://members.vienna.at/shrew
o Last Update: 15 September 1997
o Number of Visitors (Date: 23 September 1997): >4250
o Number of "Shrewists on E-mail": >158
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New Shrewists on e-mail:
Thomas Dahlmann, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main
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Emilie Rissman, Associate Professor, Biology Department, University
of Virginia
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New page:
http://members.vienna.at/shrew/contribution.html
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o SHREW TALK INSTRUCTIONS
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Hamburgerstr. 11, A-1050 Vienna, Austria
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(The Shrew (ist's) Site)
The Shrew Bibliography (> 6000 references) (available on CD ROM)
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