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Suttkus, R.D. and C. Jones. 1999. Observations on the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, in southern Louisiana. Tulane Stud. Zool. Bot. 31(1): 1-22.Abstract: From 1970 to 1995, observations were made on the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, in southern Louisiana at the Riverside Campus of Tulane University. Observations and corresponding data were obtained on natural history in general, with emphasis on home range, as well as development and growth of young, in particular.
Bart, H.L., Jr. and M.S. Taylor. 1999. Systematic review of subgenus Fuscatelum of Etheostoma with description of a new species from the upper Black Warrior River system, Alabama. Tulane Stud. Zool. Bot. 31(1): 23-50.
The subgenus Fuscatelum was thought to contain a single, widespread, lowland species, the goldstripe darter, Etheostoma parvipinne. However, comparison of populations from throughout the goldstripe darter's reported range has revealed that populations in the upper Black Warrior River system represent a new species. The new species has lower scales counts than the goldstripe darter, lacks the distinctive gold stripe, and has a less intensive pattern of brown pigmentation along its sides. There are concerns about the conservation status of the new species, because only three rather widely separated populations are known, and the species cannot be reliably taken in any of these areas. In addition to describing the new species, we redescribe the goldstripe darter and review morphological attributes of subgenus Fuscatelum.
Williams, J.D. and A. Fradkin. 1999. Fusconaia apalachicola, a new species of freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from precolumbian archaelogical sites in the Apalachicola basin of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Tulane Stud. Zool. Bot. 31(1): 51-62.
Fusconaia apalachicola, a new unionid mussel, is described from four precolumbian archaeological sites in the Apalachicola Basin. The sites range in age from A.D. 500 to 1350. Fusconaia apalachicola is absent from recent collections but was likely extant when Europeans arrived in North America. Its extinction was likely due to pollution and habitat destabilization resulting from agriculture and development in the Apalachicola Basin beginning in the early 1800s. This species is known only from this basin and only from archaeological contexts. It is the first species of the genus Fusconaia known to occur within the Apalachicola Basin. Based on conchological characters it appears to be most closely related to F. rotulata which is endemic to the Escambia River drainage in south Alabama and west Florida.
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