(n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Semi-thin plastic sections reveal that the carotid baroreceptor region in the rock hyrax comprising the origin of the internal carotid artery has a preponderantly elastic structure and a thick tunica adventitia.
(2) Intraorally the protraction device can either be attached to a bonded acrylic expansion appliance or to a cemented Hyrax depending on the developmental stage of the dentition.
(3) In vitro metabolism of progesterone by hyrax whole blood, erythrocytes, or plasma in the presence or absence of NADPH was investigated.
(4) Centriole formation in male meiosis of the hyrax, Heterohyrax syriacus, and the Berdmore palm squirrel, Memetes berdmorei, was investigated by serial section analysis of selected regions of the seminiferous epithelium and isolated meiotic cells.
(5) Cine-x-ray (100 frames per second) was used to record feeding behavior in four adult hyraxes (Procavia syriacus), herbivores.
(6) Adult males from a colony of lesser rock hyrax found near the equator in Kenya exhibited an annual cycle of testicular activity characterized by intense spermatogenesis and elevated androgen status from May to July.
(7) After the operation the palatal expansion appliance (Biedermann-Hyrax-screw) was normally activated one one-quarter turn twice a day until the desired expansion was achieved.
(8) A notable resemblance between the hyrax and elephant sequences was observed, setting them apart from the ungulates, including whale.
(9) The perioral and intraoral representations are relatively large in SI of hyrax and exhibit considerable distortion.
(10) Radioimmunoassay and bioassay estimates of LH in hyrax pituitaries containing widely differing quantities of pituitary hormones were similar.
(11) As part of a study of the evolutionary development of the eye lens protein alpha-crystallin the 173-residue A chain of this protein has been studied in elephant, whale, hyrax and rhinoceros.
(12) However, with the exception of the elevated potassium levels observed in the cranial stomach, the hyrax poses no unusual osmotic or electrolyte concentrations when compared to man or other mammals.
(13) The findings showed the two-point RPEe was as efficient as the Hyrax in obtaining dental expansion of the maxillary posterior teeth with less effect on the maxillary anterior and mandibular teeth.
(14) This study uses a comparative approach to evaluate the role of footpad sweating on increasing friction, utilizing a variety of mammals which possess sweat glands on their footpads (rat, tenrec, hyrax, and dog).
(15) Restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were used to evaluate geographic population genetic structure in the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis, a species which occurs widely, though restricted to rocky habitat, throughout South Africa.
(16) Evidence of an annual testicular cycle contradicted the prevalent belief that equatorial hyrax breed all year and suggested that the testicular cycle is a conservative element of hyracoid reproductive strategy.
(17) For cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica, the hyrax and the giant rat are the proven reservoirs of the disease while several species of rodents have been demonstrated to harbor L. major.
(18) The following species were represented: red kangaroo, common tree shrew, Senegal-Galago, Demidoff's-Galago, brown howler monkey, woolly monkey, long-haired spider monkey, white-eared marmoset, chimpanzee, three-toed sloth, palm squirrel, red panda, fennec fox, tree hyrax and large-toothed hyrax.
(19) These results are a quantitative description of the coordination that exists during different feeding behaviors (ingestion, intraoral transport, mastication, and swallowing) in normal, freely functioning hyraxes.
(20) Sulci are reliable landmarks demarcating boundaries of SI in hyrax as they are in other mammals.
Ungulate
Definition:
(a.) Shaped like a hoof.
(a.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
(n.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mysłajek says only scientific arguments – the need to regenerate forests and control the ungulate population – can save Europe’s wild carnivores, especially the unpopular wolf.
(2) In previous studies we reported that immunization of mice with ungulate insulins induced the development of antiinsulin antibodies, which include an idiotype that appeared to recognize the part of the insulin molecule recognized by the hormone receptor.
(3) The purpose of this publication is to describe a method by which this feat has been achieved in 150 pound ungulates undergoing prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass.
(4) SP-IR fibers were abundant in the musculature of the ungulate papillae at the reticulo-omasal orifice and in the smooth muscle of the omasal leaves, moderately dense in the omasal pillar, and low in density in the inner muscle layer of the reticulo-omasal orifice and in the muscle of the omasal wall.
(5) Comparison with other ungulates shows that pig myoglobin is far from other artiodactyls previously studied (ox and sheep) and close to the eutherian ancestral chain.
(6) The analytical results indicated that a lipid fraction from all of these sources contained ceramide, galactose, galactosamine, sulfate, and sialic acid in equimolar amounts, and that the fractions were similar to the ungulic acid isolated earlier from a horse's hoof.
(7) Evidence for a controlling and therefore protective role of neutralizing Ig against lentiviruses has been defined in natural and experimental infections with equine infectious anemia virus of ungulate members in the family equidae.
(8) Toroviridae, recently discovered as causes of diarrhoea in ungulates, do not seem to be at all important as causes of diarrhoea in humans.
(9) The onset of mRNADA4 accumulation after a single PRL injection was rapid with statistically significant levels occurring by 3 h. Several lactogenic type hormones, but not an ungulate GH, were potent inducers of mRNADA4.
(10) Three domestic and 12 wild species of ungulate have been recorded as hosts of Rhipicephalus glabroscutatum.
(11) In ungulates, intestinal absorption of maternal immunoglobulins from colostrum plays a vital role in the acquisition of passive immunity during early neonatal life.
(12) Visna virus is an ungulate lentivirus that is distantly related to the primate lentiviruses, including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
(13) This report describes the first occurrence of yersiniosis in free-ranging muskoxen and the first documentation of large scale mortality due to this disease in a free-ranging population of wild ungulates.
(14) The authors were at that time involved in comparison of pulsatile flow to steady flow cardiopulmonary bypass in large ungulates.
(15) An investigation of brucellosis caused by Brucella suis, type 4, in reindeer, Rangifer tarandus L., and other ungulates inoculated experimentally with virulent isolates was undertaken to observe the course of infection, follow titres of serum agglutins, and determine the extent to which intraspecific and interspecific transmission might occur among confined animals.
(16) Unconjugated A was present in blood of the rodents and domestic ungulates studied, while the parent sulphate could be demonstrated only in rat, dog, pig and cow.
(17) The main characteristics of the Purkinje fibers are: cable-like structure in birds, ungulates, and proximal BB fibers of other mammals; lack of transverse tubular system; generally little contractile material associated with a high number of intermediate filaments; few mitochondria and low mitochondrial enzyme activity; high amount of glycogen and anaerobic ability rendering them relatively resistant to hypoxia.
(18) Some disease organisms were fed to a captive bird to discover if they could survive passage through the tract, and the role of these scavenging birds in the spread of diseases among wild ungulates is discussed.
(19) On the other hand regulations concerning game hunted for food (Deer: Red deer, Sika deer, Fallow deer, Roe deer; Horned ungulates: European mouflon, Chamois; Wild boar; European hare; European rabbit; game such as Badger and Raccoon) and regulations to be observed by hunters, mainly for the gaining of meat were discussed.
(20) Sera obtained from wild ungulates, carnivores, and rodents in Colorado were tested for neutralizing (N) antibody against vesicular stomatitis, New Jersey serotype (VSNJ), virus to determine their involvement in the 1982 Colorado VSNJ epizootic in domestic animals.