Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.002
R. Šumbera, S. Begall
{"title":"Hynek Burda Special Volume – An Introduction","authors":"R. Šumbera, S. Begall","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123367733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.021
P. Benda, M. Uvizl, Vladimír Mazoch, J. Šklíba, J. Červený
{"title":"African bats in the collection of the National Museum, Prague (Chiroptera). I. Bats from Zambia","authors":"P. Benda, M. Uvizl, Vladimír Mazoch, J. Šklíba, J. Červený","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.021","url":null,"abstract":"A list of 139 specimens of bats belonging to 32 species of eight families originating from Zambia, housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, is presented in a systematical review. The species lists are complemented by comments on distribution and morphometry data. The specimens represent 73 new records (species vs. locality) of bats from Zambia. The collection contains two species new for the Zambian fauna, Afropipistrellus grandidieri and Neoromicia somalica. Two species, Rhinolophus sakejiensis and Chaerephon bivittatus are documented for the second time from Zambia, the former bat for the first time after the species description at all. The record localities of Epomophorus labiatus, Rhinolophus mossambicus, and Neoromicia somalica shift margins of the whole known distribution ranges of these bats. In Epomophorus dobsonii, Nyctinomus aegyptiacus, Glauconycteris variegata, Pipistrellus rusticus, Scotophilus leucogaster, and S. viridis, the collection specimens represent new peripheral records making their distribution range margins more precise. Molecular genetic analysis revealed new distribution extent of particular mitochondrial lineages of the otherwise common species in Zambia, Hipposideros caffer, Nycteris thebaica, and Miniopterus natalensis s.str.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128998328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.018
T. Schimerová, O. Nedvěd
{"title":"Heart attack frequency and geomagnetic field instability (Primates: Hominidae)","authors":"T. Schimerová, O. Nedvěd","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.018","url":null,"abstract":"It is believed that the high activity of sun with eruptions causing instability of the magnetic field of the Earth cause various health problems in sensitive people, including such events as heart attack. We analysed the daily frequency of patients admitted with heart attack to the Cardiocentre of the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in relation to daily mean value of the geomagnetic Ap index representing fluctuations in the magnetic field. There were slightly more days with both low Ap and low number of patients than expected by random, and slightly more days with both high Ap and number of patients. However, very high magnetic activity (Ap>30) did not cause high rate of heart attacks.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129182055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2021.013
Jiří Volf, Petr Benda
{"title":"Jedinci koně Převalského (Equus przewalskii) ve sbírce Národního musea v Praze (Perissodactyla: Equidae)","authors":"Jiří Volf, Petr Benda","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2021.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2021.013","url":null,"abstract":"Specimens of Equus przewalskii in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (Perissodactyla: Equidae). A complete list of 50 specimens of the Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalskii) housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, is presented. It consists of two complete skeletons, twelve partial skeletons, 20 skins (two of them mounted), and 40 skulls.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123789175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.012
E. Hrouzková, C. Schleich
{"title":"Habitat influence on the evolution of male mating vocalizations in subterranean and surface-dwelling rodents (Rodentia)","authors":"E. Hrouzková, C. Schleich","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.012","url":null,"abstract":"The acoustic adaptation hypothesis (AAH) is often tested between species from open and closed habitats. However, the acoustic differences are rather small and thus the evidence is ambiguous. We tested the AAH between subterranean and surface-dwelling species living in very different acoustic environments. Lower frequencies (<1 kHz) are transmitted best in subterranean burrows and there is a high-frequency cut off around 3 kHz. The other important factor influencing the frequencies of vocal signals is body size. Acoustic allometry – a negative relationship between body size and frequency of acoustic signals – indicates that larger species tend to produce sounds of lower frequencies than smaller species, due to their larger vocal apparatus. The present study shows, that acoustic allometry applies to subterranean as well as surface-dwelling rodents and that the environment influences the main frequency of their vocalization. Besides, the subterranean species tend to have lower vocal signals than surface-dwelling species.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125067160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.006
K. Caspar
{"title":"A review of Fukomys ochraceocinereus, an enigmatic mole-rat from Central Africa (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)","authors":"K. Caspar","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.006","url":null,"abstract":"Although the biology of common mole-rats of the genus Fukomys has been intensively studied over the last three decades, some lineages of this speciose group of subterranean rodents remain virtually unknown to science. One of these poorly studied species is the Central African mole-rat, Fukomys ochraceocinereus (von Heuglin, 1864), which occurs in the tropical savannahs and woodlands of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, and the Central African Republic. Here I summarize the taxonomic history and available data on the distribution and morphology of this enigmatic mole-rat, adding selected observations from museum collections. F. ochraceocinereus is a comparatively large representative of its genus that appears to express little sexual dimorphism and notable variation in pelage color. Its genetics and karyology remain severely understudied. The review highlights both apparent peculiarities of the species as well as research gaps which should be addressed by future studies on F. ochraeocinereus and its relatives, including taxonomic revisions.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116478815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.010
S. Begall, R. Honeycutt
{"title":"Microsatellite DNA variation in Spalacopus cyanus, a social subterranean rodent endemic to Chile (Rodentia: Octodontidae)","authors":"S. Begall, R. Honeycutt","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.010","url":null,"abstract":"We used five polymorphic microsatellite loci to examine patterns of genetic variation within and among colonies of coruros (Spalacopus cyanus) at three localities in central Chile. Detailed comparisons of genetic variation at two locations, Los Maitenes in the northern portion of the species’ range and El Alamo in the south, displayed very different patterns of variation. Overall variation (alleles per locus and heterozygosity) within and among colonies at Los Maitenes was several times higher than observed at El Alamo, with the latter showing patterns of variation more consistent with a social species of subterranean rodent. Comparisons among Los Maitenes, El Alamo, and Los Vilos, another northern population, revealed a distinct genetic subdivision between northern and southern localities, indicating little evidence of genetic exchange between these two regions. We discuss these patterns of variation in relation to previous genetic research on Spalacopus and other subterranean rodents.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":" 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113952414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2021.014
P. Benda
{"title":"Systematic catalogue of mammals (Mammalia) in the collection of the National Museum Prague. I. Chiroptera: Rhinolophoidea 1","authors":"P. Benda","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2021.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2021.014","url":null,"abstract":"A list of 1,673 specimens of bats belonging to 36 species, seven genera, and five families of the superfamily Rhinolophoidea, housed in the collection of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, is presented in a systematic review.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124171764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2022.001
J. Červený
{"title":"Professor Hynek Burda septuagenarian","authors":"J. Červený","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2022.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2022.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127336115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lynx new seriesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.37520/lynx.2021.001
Ahmad Aidek, Z. Amr, Mohammad A Abu Baker
{"title":"Distribution and conservation of Sciurus anomalus in Syria (Rodentia: Sciuridae)","authors":"Ahmad Aidek, Z. Amr, Mohammad A Abu Baker","doi":"10.37520/lynx.2021.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/lynx.2021.001","url":null,"abstract":"The current distribution of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) in Syria is described based on recent observations. The species distribution extends along the coastal mountains from the vicinity of Kasab in the extreme northwest of the country, along the mountains of Lattakia and Tartus, reaching the vicinity of Damascus in the southwest, with the highest situated records from the Tartus area. Threats including hunting, trading, habitat degradation, and conflicts with local people are outlined.","PeriodicalId":122460,"journal":{"name":"Lynx new series","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115473525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}