(n.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparing the data for raccoon MsI with information from the literature for cats and monkeys suggests that the type and amount of somesthetic afferent input to forelimb MsI is related to the behavioral uses to which each animal puts the forelimb.
(3) In 2000 the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm showed an owl in a tree calling "Whom" and a raccoon on the ground replying "Show-off!"
(4) During 1982 and 1983, the Centers for Disease Control and cooperating Middle Atlantic States and local health departments collected data on 1,610 raccoons that were submitted for rabies testing and on 133 persons who received rabies postexposure prophylaxis as a result of exposure to wild animals.
(5) The raccoon may be an intermediate host for a Sarcocystis sp.
(6) To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of the successful seroconversion of skunks and raccoons vaccinated against rabies in the field.
(7) Nematodes were not recovered from either raccoon when examined at necropsy 223 and 254 days postexposure.
(8) In three cases (fox, raccoon, skunk) SAFA titers were greater than mouse SN titers.
(9) Vaccinated raccoons demonstrated a prominent anamnestic response within 1 wk following challenge.
(10) No immediate ancestor of CPV was observed amongst the mink, cat, or raccoon viruses examined.
(11) Leads I, aVF, V3, and V10 ECG were obtained from 12 healthy raccoons anesthetized with xylazine and ketamine.
(12) The causative agent was demonstrated through direct examination of stained paraffin sections, isolation in pure culture, or examination of stained smears from lesions induced experimentally in rabbits with material from the affected raccoons.
(13) Raccoons on Area 1 were vaccinated with a commercial inactivated rabies virus vaccine administered intramuscularly, whereas on Area 2 raccoons were not vaccinated.
(14) In this investigation, raccoons fed a vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein recombinant virus in a sponge bait developed rabies virus-neutralizing antibody (0.6-54.0 units) and resisted street rabies virus infection 28 and 205 days after feeding.
(15) SA hair-associated afferent fibers, which have been reported previously only in primate hairy skin, were also found in large numbers in the raccoon.
(16) Multiple penetrations in the somatosensory cortex of three anesthetized raccoons 1 week following amputation of the fourth digit provided detailed information about somatotopy and neuronal responsiveness in the deafferented cortex.
(17) Lesions in infected raccoons were associated only with H procyonis.
(18) The pathology of dracunculiasis in the raccoon is described and the transmission of the parasite in the wild is discussed with respect to seasonality and local agricultural practices.
(19) Furthermore, animals developing SNA under such circumstances were capable of withstanding challenge with rabies virus that was fatal for seronegative raccoons.
(20) Raccoons have been used as serologic sentinels for St Louis encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.
Squirrel
Definition:
(v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
(v. i.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
Example Sentences:
(1) One thousand nineteen Wyoming ground squirrels (Spermophilus elegans elegans) from 4 populations in southern Wyoming were examined for intestinal parasites.
(2) Recordings were made from secondary vestibular axons in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) of barbiturate-anesthetized squirrel monkeys.
(3) Squirrel monkeys trained to respond under a schedule in which each response postponed the delivery of electric shock developed a steady rate of responding.
(4) An isolated colony of red squirrels at Formby , Merseyside, were decimated by an outbreak of squirrelpox in 2008 , which saw the population crash by 85% to less than 200 squirrels.
(5) When the position and size of injection sites were compared to distribution of retrogradely labeled olivary somata, it was clear that zones A, B, C1, C2, C3 and D were present in lobules IV and V of squirrel monkey.
(6) Noninvasive temperature measurements in live squirrel monkeys under similar exposure conditions were obtained using Vitek probes.
(7) We have compared the ability of drugs to induce chewing and retching or emesis in squirrel monkeys; such studies are not possible in rodents, which do not vomit.
(8) Serum glucose values were significantly higher in the diabetic ground squirrels than in the non-diabetic ground squirrels, while serum insulin values of fasted diabetic squirrels were significantly lower than fasted nondiabetic ground squirrels.
(9) I have had the awe-inducing pleasure of standing alone among the giant trees, both sequoias and redwoods, and hearing nothing but the chatter of the squirrels and the high wind in the tallest branches.
(10) Both drugs increased fixed interval responding in squirrel monkeys; MA was more efficacious than NNDMA.
(11) The present experimental results in squirrel monkeys contradict the previously reported high incidence of ear cartilage regeneration in young rabbits and may reflect a difference in surgical technique, animal species, or animal age.
(12) A viral agent was isolated from ground squirrel primary kidney cultures which presented a spontaneous cell layer alteration.
(13) Signing a "squirrel accord" after meetings at one of his stately homes, the prince reaffirmed his desire to drive grey squirrels out of the UK in order to save our "much loved" native red squirrels .
(14) Squirrel monkeys controlled the air temperature within their test chamber by pulling a chain to select between two preset air temperatures, 10 and 50 degrees C. When the force required to pull the chain was increased in steps from 2.94 to 6.86 N, interresponse interval increased, resulting in wider air temperature swings within the chamber.
(15) In areas where there are lots of pine martens, there are lots of red squirrels," she said.
(16) The first way in which SmI of squirrels differs from the organization reported for other mammals is that SmI of squirrels contains a double representation of the hand and parts of the forearm.
(17) In order to determine the most suitable cage environment for the squirrel monkey, a series of studies were carried out to compare various perch materials and cage configurations.
(18) Tumors developed in seven squirrels after a minimum of 2.4 years of observation per animal; each of the seven animals was over 4 years old when the tumor was detected.
(19) The possible mechanisms in regulation of the respiration rate of mitochondria from liver of hibernating ground squirrels have been investigated.
(20) In this study, human, squirrel monkey, and cat temporal bone sections were examined by light microscopy for the presence of glomus bodies, and the anatomy and distribution of glomus bodies in the temporal bone is described.