Bats of all types fly through the pages of The Anatomical Record in a novel special issue DOI Open Access
Jeffrey T. Laitman, Heather F. Smith

The Anatomical Record, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 306(11), P. 2657 - 2659

Published: Sept. 25, 2023

The late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield had as his signature phrase, "I don't get any respect"! Well, the same can often be said of an entire order mammals, Chiroptera, aka, bats. While lions and tigers other cats have adorned royal heraldic shields; majestic stags prominently displayed on castle walls (and extolled "Game Thrones"); elephants revered throughout Africa Asia; eagles (even bald ones) honored symbols power strength; whales dolphins practically given their own voting bloc in Congress thanks to thousands adoring fans cheering them on; bears spawned a cottage industry lovable stuffed varieties; dogs are beloved everywhere "human's best friend"; outside mammals voracious sharks special week TV coverage millions little kids heard merrily singing about "baby shark" (after listening this ditty for few hours one hopes eaten by bigger ones!); mice rats ubiquitous films cartoons (does anyone remember co-author J L's favorite childhood hero, "Mighty Mouse"); noble turtles adored all (particularly, H S); ants bees been stars big screen—what bats received? Goodness, even cockroaches moment sun star Kafka's masterpiece! And bats? Nada, zilch, nothing, except maybe attention 1 day year Halloween. Sure, they may feted Dracula's home turf Transylvania, did alter-ego creepiest comic-book heroes, "Batman". Bats hated feared through millennia; indeed, there is name fear bats: "chiroptophobia" (save that quiz show answer!) Indeed, if you from eastern Europe, Polish/Galician bubbe (grandmother) was, warned your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren never go out at night when moon was full vampire would lurking swoop down bite you, suck blood, enter souls. They were "dybbuks," she say, Yiddish evil spirits readily entered into living beings! (J L still does not alone full—thanks, bubbe!; btw, three species Central South American hematophagic bats, i.e., using blood food source, but none are, or ever were, near grandma Eastern Europe.) nothing guano thrown since, well, forever. Talk unfair! among most magnificent animals. only fly! Think it; while numerous walk, creep, crawl, run, hop, leap, glide, burrow, swim, fly ("flying" squirrels do generate movement moving wings do.) over 1400 constitute second largest after rodents. found almost worldwide varied environments ecosystems. range size bumblebee bat Thailand smaller than thumbnail gigantic "flying fox" Pacific with wingspans up six feet! Their specialized senses extraordinary (they not, popular myths hold, blind, some having excellent vision albeit without color) groups such insectivorous evolved unmatched echolocation abilities allow "see" navigate world total darkness. ecological level, value our planet cannot overstated, ranging eat insects those, like fruit scatter seeds crucial existence trees plants. essential maintenance survival survival. biology, anatomy, and, especially, sensory systems, these remarkable brethren, how entwined ecosystems, explored detail month's Special Issue Anatomical Record, "Ecological morphology biology bats." issue guest edited Record Associate Editor, Timothy Smith Slippery Rock University Rock, Pennsylvania, two frequent flyers journal, Sharlene Santana, Washington Seattle, Thomas P. Eiting, Burrell College Osteopathic Medicine Las Cruces, New Mexico co-Guest Editors. dedicated celebrates accomplishments of, late Professor Kunwar Bhatnagar, comparative anatomist love fascination He many years pillar teaching science Louisville Kentucky, where he spent glorious career starting Assistant 1972 gradually ascending ranks later, Emeritus. epitomized saying, "a scholar gentleman," always kind, giving, gracious those us who privilege meeting, knowing, working him. Bhatnagar also contributor editors, especially Tim (see Smith, Eiting., 2023). We proud icon anatomy family. grateful Guest Editors efforts recruiting colony (what group called) authors Issue. Santana well-known published journal (e.g., Curtis & 2018; Dickinson et al., 2021; Hartstone-Rose Stanchak, 2018) co-editors (vide infra.) model "integrative" evolutionary biologist/anatomist, combining her expertise fields, including behavioral ecology, biomechanics. Mixed blending lab work fieldwork biodiverse places Costa Rica. And, luckily us, issue, has focus deep of) Her continuous contributions field enormous, say least. Joining slightly junior member trio. Like Editors, Eiting regularly editorial sibs Rossie., 2011; 2014; 2021, 2022). As functional morphologist. His nose nasal cavity, explorations, utilized wide array techniques histological processing, CT scanning computational modeling, vivo neurohistology. personifies new generation multi-modal anatomical investigators. clearly becoming afficionado. Lastly, words appreciation must paid Editor mainstay Record. Simply put, dear leading anatomists today. polymath skills notably amazing artistic pages its covers (many line Jeffrey T. Laitman's office). A modern Leonardo one. Besides, scientific reports creative engine behind Issues, those: exploring models approaches primate biomechanics (Laitman, 2010; Laitman Albertine, Organ 2010) (his cover favorite!); novel vertebrate van Valkenburgh 2014); incomparable, volume nature's "extreme species" (Laitman 2020a, 2020b; Laitman, 2020b) (maybe favorites); fido's all-time favorite, delving history domestic dog Valkenburgh, 2021) (ok, cover!) Suffice it graced both scholarship creativity brought pages. Thanks, Tim. Some back, Austin, Texas, meeting research colleagues Texas days sightseeing. Having cities went much anticipation ribs, brisket, tex-mex food, seeing Alamo getting York much, being brightest, realize latter another city; there, though, expected.) What expected greeted signs, fliers, commercials broadcasting "Welcome Bat city", "We Batty Bats" "Austin Lovers". What? Apparently, Austin. For periods Spring Fall each year, Mexican free-tailed (Tadarida brasiliensis; so named originally Brazil) come visit beautiful Most roost under bridge, now famous (because bats) Avenue Bridge. Each evening around sunset, emerge bridge nightly excursion hunt dinner, case, insects. Seeing exodus extraordinary, made more watching hundreds "bat fans" noses ears, course) rooting on! respected here; state (the mammal; York's mammal rodent, no joke, President say!) It warms heart know flying brethren least cheered Lone Star State. well. hope concern desire protect) will grow ingest digest fascinating valuable presented Go bats! Laitman: Conceptualization; visualization; writing – original draft; review editing. Heather F. Smith:

Language: Английский

The aging human larynx, presbyphonia, and voice quality: The evolutionary and social effects on listeners DOI Open Access
Benjamin M. Laitman, Jeffrey T. Laitman

The Anatomical Record, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Abstract The human voice is a major signal transmission modality for our species. Accordingly, perception of its quality serves as an intraspecific window into the status individual's health, robusticity, and even stature in group. Diminished quality—as may occur aging or certain diseases—is feature lessening communication modality. Here, we review underlying anatomy function that comprise producing elements—the vocal tract sensu lato—from lungs through larynx supralaryngeal modifying elements. Aspects constituent elements such folds (“true cords”) intrinsic laryngeal joints, are discussed within context how their disease degradation affect speech concomitant interpretation by listeners. considered overall effects sensory systems both humans other mammals.

Language: Английский

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Intrapopulational variation in head shape correlates with soil structure heterogeneity in a head‐first burrowing amphisbaenian, Trogonophis wiegmanni DOI Open Access

M Kirchner,

Jesús Ortega, Roberto García‐Roa

et al.

Journal of Zoology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 12, 2025

Abstract Morphological traits of animals have evolved to solve ecological requirements, the optimization locomotion in each environment being one most frequent selective forces shaping morphology. Amphisbaenians are strictly fossorial reptiles that various snout shapes for burrowing head‐first underground, yet evolutionary and origins these different morphologies little known. Here, we used a geometric morphometric approach investigate head shape intrapopulational variation round‐snouted checkerboard worm lizard ( Trogonophis wiegmanni ). We took 2D photographs live North African island population. At capture site, also measured microhabitat characteristics soil compaction, samples analyze physical structure. While detected no signal sexual dimorphism overall disparity was low, found significant relationships between T. some vegetation soil. Relatively more tapered snouts narrower heads occurred sites with taller bushes soils containing higher amounts clay (i.e. harder substrates difficult excavate). hypothesise differences due might be considered scenario under which amphisbaenian initially evolved.

Language: Английский

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Some bats are here: Reducing the Wallacean shortfall of bats in the amazon DOI Creative Commons
Thiago Bernardi Vieira, Rafaela Jemely Rodrigues Alexandre, Simone Almeida Pena

et al.

Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(6)

Published: June 1, 2024

Abstract The Amazon rainforest has approximately 23% of its sampled area dedicated to bats, making it one the least and most diverse regions for bats in Brazil. lack sampling results a knowledge regarding accurate geographical distribution bat species. This is referred as Wallacean shortfall, which should be addressed with primary data obtained from situ collections. However, use Species Distribution Models (SDMs) can help alleviate this gap. states Pará Acre are located Brazilian Amazon. So, our objective decrease shortfall concerning Amazonian To achieve this, we provide (i) list species last 5 years (2017 2022); (ii) potential considered new occurrences region; (iii) classified Data Deficient (DD) Near Threatened (NT) according IUCN classification. With 96 nights collection 129,600 m 2 h mist netting, 75 species, an estimated total 94.78 Additionally, 21 were range extensions. region vast geographic expanse few established research centers, resulting limited other biological groups. Furthermore, draw attention significant number expanded distributions, out reminder that biogeographic still necessary neotropical region.

Language: Английский

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Bats of all types fly through the pages of The Anatomical Record in a novel special issue DOI Open Access
Jeffrey T. Laitman, Heather F. Smith

The Anatomical Record, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 306(11), P. 2657 - 2659

Published: Sept. 25, 2023

The late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield had as his signature phrase, "I don't get any respect"! Well, the same can often be said of an entire order mammals, Chiroptera, aka, bats. While lions and tigers other cats have adorned royal heraldic shields; majestic stags prominently displayed on castle walls (and extolled "Game Thrones"); elephants revered throughout Africa Asia; eagles (even bald ones) honored symbols power strength; whales dolphins practically given their own voting bloc in Congress thanks to thousands adoring fans cheering them on; bears spawned a cottage industry lovable stuffed varieties; dogs are beloved everywhere "human's best friend"; outside mammals voracious sharks special week TV coverage millions little kids heard merrily singing about "baby shark" (after listening this ditty for few hours one hopes eaten by bigger ones!); mice rats ubiquitous films cartoons (does anyone remember co-author J L's favorite childhood hero, "Mighty Mouse"); noble turtles adored all (particularly, H S); ants bees been stars big screen—what bats received? Goodness, even cockroaches moment sun star Kafka's masterpiece! And bats? Nada, zilch, nothing, except maybe attention 1 day year Halloween. Sure, they may feted Dracula's home turf Transylvania, did alter-ego creepiest comic-book heroes, "Batman". Bats hated feared through millennia; indeed, there is name fear bats: "chiroptophobia" (save that quiz show answer!) Indeed, if you from eastern Europe, Polish/Galician bubbe (grandmother) was, warned your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren never go out at night when moon was full vampire would lurking swoop down bite you, suck blood, enter souls. They were "dybbuks," she say, Yiddish evil spirits readily entered into living beings! (J L still does not alone full—thanks, bubbe!; btw, three species Central South American hematophagic bats, i.e., using blood food source, but none are, or ever were, near grandma Eastern Europe.) nothing guano thrown since, well, forever. Talk unfair! among most magnificent animals. only fly! Think it; while numerous walk, creep, crawl, run, hop, leap, glide, burrow, swim, fly ("flying" squirrels do generate movement moving wings do.) over 1400 constitute second largest after rodents. found almost worldwide varied environments ecosystems. range size bumblebee bat Thailand smaller than thumbnail gigantic "flying fox" Pacific with wingspans up six feet! Their specialized senses extraordinary (they not, popular myths hold, blind, some having excellent vision albeit without color) groups such insectivorous evolved unmatched echolocation abilities allow "see" navigate world total darkness. ecological level, value our planet cannot overstated, ranging eat insects those, like fruit scatter seeds crucial existence trees plants. essential maintenance survival survival. biology, anatomy, and, especially, sensory systems, these remarkable brethren, how entwined ecosystems, explored detail month's Special Issue Anatomical Record, "Ecological morphology biology bats." issue guest edited Record Associate Editor, Timothy Smith Slippery Rock University Rock, Pennsylvania, two frequent flyers journal, Sharlene Santana, Washington Seattle, Thomas P. Eiting, Burrell College Osteopathic Medicine Las Cruces, New Mexico co-Guest Editors. dedicated celebrates accomplishments of, late Professor Kunwar Bhatnagar, comparative anatomist love fascination He many years pillar teaching science Louisville Kentucky, where he spent glorious career starting Assistant 1972 gradually ascending ranks later, Emeritus. epitomized saying, "a scholar gentleman," always kind, giving, gracious those us who privilege meeting, knowing, working him. Bhatnagar also contributor editors, especially Tim (see Smith, Eiting., 2023). We proud icon anatomy family. grateful Guest Editors efforts recruiting colony (what group called) authors Issue. Santana well-known published journal (e.g., Curtis & 2018; Dickinson et al., 2021; Hartstone-Rose Stanchak, 2018) co-editors (vide infra.) model "integrative" evolutionary biologist/anatomist, combining her expertise fields, including behavioral ecology, biomechanics. Mixed blending lab work fieldwork biodiverse places Costa Rica. And, luckily us, issue, has focus deep of) Her continuous contributions field enormous, say least. Joining slightly junior member trio. Like Editors, Eiting regularly editorial sibs Rossie., 2011; 2014; 2021, 2022). As functional morphologist. His nose nasal cavity, explorations, utilized wide array techniques histological processing, CT scanning computational modeling, vivo neurohistology. personifies new generation multi-modal anatomical investigators. clearly becoming afficionado. Lastly, words appreciation must paid Editor mainstay Record. Simply put, dear leading anatomists today. polymath skills notably amazing artistic pages its covers (many line Jeffrey T. Laitman's office). A modern Leonardo one. Besides, scientific reports creative engine behind Issues, those: exploring models approaches primate biomechanics (Laitman, 2010; Laitman Albertine, Organ 2010) (his cover favorite!); novel vertebrate van Valkenburgh 2014); incomparable, volume nature's "extreme species" (Laitman 2020a, 2020b; Laitman, 2020b) (maybe favorites); fido's all-time favorite, delving history domestic dog Valkenburgh, 2021) (ok, cover!) Suffice it graced both scholarship creativity brought pages. Thanks, Tim. Some back, Austin, Texas, meeting research colleagues Texas days sightseeing. Having cities went much anticipation ribs, brisket, tex-mex food, seeing Alamo getting York much, being brightest, realize latter another city; there, though, expected.) What expected greeted signs, fliers, commercials broadcasting "Welcome Bat city", "We Batty Bats" "Austin Lovers". What? Apparently, Austin. For periods Spring Fall each year, Mexican free-tailed (Tadarida brasiliensis; so named originally Brazil) come visit beautiful Most roost under bridge, now famous (because bats) Avenue Bridge. Each evening around sunset, emerge bridge nightly excursion hunt dinner, case, insects. Seeing exodus extraordinary, made more watching hundreds "bat fans" noses ears, course) rooting on! respected here; state (the mammal; York's mammal rodent, no joke, President say!) It warms heart know flying brethren least cheered Lone Star State. well. hope concern desire protect) will grow ingest digest fascinating valuable presented Go bats! Laitman: Conceptualization; visualization; writing – original draft; review editing. Heather F. Smith:

Language: Английский

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