Forensic science international 327 110983-110983 2021年8月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND: In forensic medicine, the diatom test is used to diagnose drowning. Drowning and postmortem immersion can be distinguished by calculating the ratio of diatom concentration in the lungs and drowning water (L/W ratio). However, this clai...
Doi Kandai   Yamasaki Fumiaki   Kato Takuya   Hayama Shin-ichi   
Acta Arachnologica 70(1) 47-48 2021年6月
A pseudoscorpion was found in the underfur of a feral raccoon (Procyon lotor) captured in western Tokyo in December 2019. Based on the morphological features, we identified the specimen as Haplochernes sp. This arboreal pseudoscorpio...
Journal of Biogeography 48(6) 1420-1431 2021年6月 [査読有り]
Aim: Understanding patterns and processes of geographic genetic variation within and among closely related species is the essence of phylogeography. Japanese macaques, also called snow monkeys, have been extensively studied, particularly in the fi...
Wild birds often require rehabilitation after collisions, even with no apparent injury. Information about aftermath of collisions is still scares. Here, we investigated external characteristics and clinical features of the internal organ...
Kandai Doi   Minori Kono   Takuya Kato   Shin-Ichi Hayama   
Ticks and tick-borne diseases 12(3) 101687-101687 2021年5月 [査読有り]
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) and masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) are introduced species in Japan and have become abundant in human-inhabited environments. We surveyed tick infestations and tick ingestion by introduced raccoons and masked palm ci...