scholarly journals Osteometric analysis of scapula and humerus for Rangifer tarandus and Cervus elaphus: A contribution to cervid discrimination (Late Pleistocene, Southern Pyrenees)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jone Castaños
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus

scholarly journals On the presence of Late Pleistocene wapiti, Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777 (Cervidae, Mammalia) in the Palaeolithic site Climăuți II (Moldova)

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Croitor ◽  
Theodor Obada
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Dispersal Model ◽  
Cervus Canadensis ◽  
Western Eurasia

This article reports antler remains from the Late Paleolithic site of Climăuți II (Republic of Moldova) confirming the presence of wapiti Cervus canadensis in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia. The occurrence of wapiti in the East Carpathian area by 20 ky BP coincides with the local extinction of Megaloceros giganteus, Crocuta spelaea, and Ursus spelaeus, and substitution of local forest reindeer with grazing tundra-steppe Rangifer tarandus constantini. We here provide an overview of paleontological data and opinions on the presence of Cervus canadensis in Europe, a discussion on the taxonomic status and systematic position of the extinct deer Cervus elaphus palmidactyloceros, and propose a dispersal model for wapiti in Europe during the Late Pleistocene.

scholarly journals Recycling of Badger/Fox Burrows in Late Pleistocene Loess by Hyenas at the Den Site Bad Wildungen-Biedensteg (NW, Germany): Woolly Rhinoceros Killers and Scavengers in a Mammoth Steppe Environment of Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cajus Diedrich
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Spotted Hyena ◽  
Large Prey ◽  
Nw Germany ◽  
Faecal Pellets ◽  
Woolly Rhinoceros ◽  
Fish Remains

The Late Pleistocene (MIS 5c-d) Ice Age spotted hyena open air den and bone accumulation site Bad Wildungen-Biedensteg (Hesse, NW, Germany) represents the first open air loess fox/badger den site in Europe, which must have been recycled by Crocuta crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss, 1823) as a birthing den. Badger and fox remains, plus remains of their prey (mainly hare), have been found within the loess. Hyena remains from that site include parts of cub skeletons which represent 10% of the megafauna bones. Also a commuting den area existed, which was well marked by hyena faecal pellets. Most of the hyena prey bones expose crack, bite, and nibbling marks, especially the most common bones, the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (NISP  =  32%). The large amount of woolly rhinoceros bones indicate hunting/scavenging specializing on this large prey by hyenas. Other important mammoth steppe hyena prey remains are from Mammuthus primigenius, Equus caballus przewalskii, Bison/Bos, Megaloceros giganteus, Cervus elaphus, and Rangifer tarandus. The few damaged bone remains of a scavenged cave bear Ursus spelaeus subsp. are unique for an open air situation. Abundant micromammal, frog, and some fish remains were concentrated in “pellets” that contain mainly mammoth steppe micromammals and also frog and fish remains that seem to originate from the nearby river/lake.

scholarly journals Metagenomic analysis of the cow, sheep, reindeer and red deer rumen

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Glendinning ◽  
Buğra Genç ◽  
R. John Wallace ◽  
Mick Watson
Keyword(s):  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Bos Taurus ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Ovis Aries ◽  
Metagenomic Analysis ◽  
Reference Dataset ◽  
Microbial Genomes ◽  
Ruminant Species

AbstractThe rumen microbiota comprises a community of microorganisms which specialise in the degradation of complex carbohydrates from plant-based feed. These microbes play a highly important role in ruminant nutrition and could also act as sources of industrially useful enzymes. In this study, we performed a metagenomic analysis of samples taken from the ruminal contents of cow (Bos Taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus). We constructed 391 metagenome-assembled genomes originating from 16 microbial phyla. We compared our genomes to other publically available microbial genomes and found that they contained 279 novel species. We also found significant differences between the microbiota of different ruminant species in terms of the abundance of microbial taxonomies, carbohydrate-active enzyme genes and KEGG orthologs. We present a dataset of rumen-derived genomes which in combination with other publicly-available rumen genomes can be used as a reference dataset in future metagenomic studies.

Pleistocene ungulates from the Bow River gravels at Cochrane, Alberta

1968 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1467-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Churcher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Ovis Canadensis ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Caribou ◽  
Cervus Canadensis ◽  
North Bank ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene

Five ungulates are reported from gravels comprising the second major terrace above the Bow River's north bank at Cochrane, Alberta. These ungulates are Cervus canadensis (wapiti), Rangifer tarandus (caribou), Ovis canadensis (mountain sheep), Bison occidentalis (extinct western bison), and Equus conversidens (extinct Mexican ass). E. conversidens was previously known from middle and late Pleistocene beds of the southern United States and Mexico and is here reported from the post-Wisconsin Pleistocene of Alberta and possibly Saskatchewan. Radiocarbon analysis of Bison bones from the gravels yielded two dates that averaged 11 065 B.P.

scholarly journals PSXII-30 SNPs IN THE GROWTH HORMONE GENE OF WILD AND DOMESTIC REINDEER (Rangifer tarandus) IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. 241-242
Author(s):  
Anna Krutikova ◽  
Natalia Dementeva
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Genetic Difference ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Proteinase K ◽  
Growth Hormone Gene ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Climatic Zones

Abstract In the northern part of Russia, there are wild and domestic reindeer. There are four breeds of domestic reindeer in Russia: Nenets, Evenki, Even and Chukchi. The breeds are adapted to various climatic zones of habitat (tundra or taiga). Breeds vary in growth and live weight, as well as in areas of application. The aim was to study the polymorphism of the gene for growth hormone in the reindeer. The DNA was extracted by the phenolic method using the standard method using proteinase K from blood and tissues. Specially designed primers were used to amplify the site of growth hormone gene. As a result of amplification, a 422 bp fragment was obtained covering the region of the somatotropin gene containing 2 and 3 exons. The resulting amplification was sequenced on an Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer using the BigDye® Terminator v3.1 Sequencing Standard Kit according to the protocol. Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms of C12T, C72T, A122G, A235G were detected in the investigated region of the growth hormone gene (somatotropin). The positions of the found SNPs were determined from a similar section of the gene in a red deer (Cervus elaphus), the genome of which was completely sequenced. Two SNPs are in the intron, two are in the exon. The frequencies of genotypes and alleles were calculated in the six studied populations of domestic and wild reindeer. The results obtained in the study make it possible to draw conclusions about the genetic difference between the populations of wild and domestic reindeer of Russia, and between the domestic reindeer of different breeds. Theme АААА-А-18-118021590138-1.

Deer (Rangifer tarandus and Cervus elaphus) Remains from the Final Gravettian of the Abri Pataud and their Importance to Humans

2014 ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Carole Vercoutère ◽  
Laurent Crépin ◽  
Dorothée G. Drucker ◽  
Laurent Chiotti ◽  
Dominique Henry-Gambier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus

scholarly journals Mammoths, Deer, and a Dog: Fossil and (Sub) Recent Allochthonous Remains from the Northeastern Croatia (Podravina Region), with the First Radiocarbon Dating of the Croatian Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius)

Quaternary ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadranka Mauch Lenardić ◽  
Siniša Radović ◽  
Ankica Oros Sršen ◽  
Nada Horvatinčić ◽  
Petar Kostešić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Canis Familiaris ◽  
Mammuthus Primigenius ◽  
Maxillary Bone ◽  
Fluvial Deposits ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Woolly Mammoth

Eight anatomically and taxonomically different finds are presented in this paper, and they belong to four taxa: woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and dog (Canis familiaris). All specimens represent allochthonous Late Pleistocene and Holocene animal remains, and all were dredged during the gravel exploitation at the Sekuline site near Molve (Podravina region, SW Pannonian basin, NE Croatia). Mammoth remains (bone and tusk fragments) were radiocarbon dated, and these are the first absolute dates on mammoths in Croatia. One upper last left deciduous premolar (dP4 sin.) also belongs to the same species. Ascribed to a dog is one well-preserved skull with a peculiar abscess scar on the maxillary bone as the result of an inflammatory process on the carnassial (P4) premolar. The Late Pleistocene cervid remains are giant deer, while the other cervid finds were determined to be red deer of the Holocene age. Morphometrical and taphonomical data are presented for each specimen. Such fossil and recent bone/tooth aggregates are characteristic of fluvial deposits and selective collecting. Although lacking stratigraphic provenance, these finds help to fulfil the gaps in palaeoenvironmental, palaeoecological, and palaeoclimate reconstructions of Podravina and its neighbouring areas.

Ribosomal RNA analysis of Babesia odocoilei isolates from farmed reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus ) and elk ( Cervus elaphus canadensis ) in Wisconsin

2003 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 378-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Holman ◽  
Richard L. Jones-Witthuhn ◽  
Scott O. Jones ◽  
Kylie G. Bendele ◽  
Lorien Schoelkopf
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Rna Analysis ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Tarandus

Experimental infection of reindeer with Elaphostrongylus (Nematoda; Protostrongylidae) originating from reindeer, red deer, and moose

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 1200-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odd Halvorsen ◽  
Arne Skorping ◽  
Karstein Bye
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Infection ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Tarandus ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Arianta Arbustorum ◽  
Elaphostrongylus Rangiferi

To test the hypothesis that palearctic cervids are infected with several species of Elaphostrongylus, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) calves were inoculated with third-stage larvae grown in Arianta arbustorum from first-stage larvae extracted from reindeer, red deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus), and moose (Alces alces) feces. None of the five reindeer calves inoculated with larvae from red deer and none of the three reindeer calves inoculated with larvae from moose became infected. Twelve of the 14 reindeer calves inoculated with larvae from reindeer became infected. Infection was demonstrated by finding first-stage larvae in the feces and (or) by finding worms at necropsy. These results suggest that several species of Elaphostrongylus parasitize palearctic cervids. In view of our results and the need for further taxonomic work on the group, it is argued that the names Elaphostrongylus cervi and Elaphostrongylus rangiferi should be reserved for worms from red deer and reindeer, respectively. Worms from moose may belong to an undescribed species.

scholarly journals LUNG MORPHOLOGY IN MARAL FETUSES

2021 ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
S.N. Chebakov ◽  
◽  
O.S. Mishina ◽  
Ye.D. Berdova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Muscle Layer ◽  
Altai Region ◽  
Asian Pacific Region ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Tissue Specimens

Maral breeding is a promising branch of animal hus-bandry in the Altai Region and the Republic of Altai. Being semi-wild animals, marals travel long distances, mainly in mountainous areas in larch and pine forests and on high-altitude plateaus of the Republic of Altai. The following deer species range in the Altai Region and the Republic of Altai: Siberian musk deer(Moschus moschiferus), elk(Alces alces), sika deer(Cervus nippon), reindeer(Rangifer tarandus), and maral (Cervus elaphus sibiricus, Severtzov 1872). According to V.G. Lunitsyn, the regions of the Re-public of Altai account for 98% of all velvet antler products produced in Russia which are exported to the countries of the Asian-Pacific Region. The specimens were taken from maral fetuses of the age from 1 to 3 months obtained at forced slaughter. The fetuses were weighed, the lungs were extracted and weighed, and the specimens were for-malin-fixed (10-12% solution), washed in tap water;and slices were prepared by a freezing microtome. The slices were hematoxylin-eosin stained according to Van Gieson. The tissue specimens show that all orders of bronchioles in the lungs of maral fetuses, especially in the caudal lobes, are clearly expressed. In the bronchi of the lungs of fetuses at the age of 3 months, the muscle layer of smooth muscle cells is expressed. At this age, the spaces similar to alveo-lar passages are visible.The diameter of the alveoli in the form of tubes at this age is about 2-5 μm. In the micro-slides under study, vessels in the lungs of fetuses at the age of 1-3 months are characterized by rapid growth. Con-nective tissue elements surrounding the bronchial tubes with capillaries are formed.

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