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A New Species of Leptodactylid Frog, Genus Eleutherodactylus, from the Cordillera de Talamanca,
Eleutherodactylus rayo a distinctive new species sharing features of the fitzingeri and rugulosus groups occurs along the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica. Karyologically the new form most closely ... -
A Redescription of Pettiboneia sanmatiensis Orensanz (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae) and a Revised Key to the Genera of the Dorvilleidae
Pettiboneia sanmatiensis Orensanz originally described from Argentina, has been discovered in California and British Columbia. The new specimens are compared with the type collection and the species is redescribed. The jaw ... -
A Survey of the Littoral and Sublittoral Ascidians of Southern California, Including the Channel Islands
The ascidian populations of the eight Channel Islands, as well as three islets, the Cortez Bank and the Coronado Islands were surveyed. Thirty- eight species were found offshore compared to the 48 identified species which ... -
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New Mammalian Records from the Late Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea
Procyonids, talpids, or chiropterans have not previously been recorded from the late Pleistocene Rancho La Brea asphalt deposits in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California (Stock, 1956). Re-examination of the existing ... -
New Species and Records of Polychaetous Annelids from the Tetraclita (Cirripedia: Crustacea) Zone of the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico
Two new species of polychaetes belonging to the families Phyllo- docidae and Nereidae are described from the Tetraclita zone of Bahia Cholla, Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. The ranges of Syllis elongata (Johnson, 1901), ... -
Osprey Distribution, Abundance, and Status in Western North America: III. The Baja California and Gulf of California Population
An estimated 810 ± 55 pairs (minimum estimate) of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) were nesting in the study area during our survey (24 March-1 April 1977). Approximately 174 pairs nested along the Pacific side of Baja California, ... -
Post-larval Polychaetes in Sandy Beaches of Tomales Bay, California
Although many macrobenthic organisms spend part of their lives as transient members of the meiofauna (Thorson, 1966), relatively little quantitative data are available on their interactions in the meiobenthos. For example, ... -
The Calcanea of Members of the Hyaenidae
The calcanea of all currently recognized species of living members of the Hyaenidae were examined. These are the calcanea of Crocuta crocuta (15 specimens), Hyaena brunnea (2 specimens, 1 malformed), H. hyaena (5 specimens), ...