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Common Gundi
The common gundi (''Ctenodactylus gundi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The parasitic organism ''Toxoplasma gondii'' was first described in 1908 in Tunis by Charles Nicolle and Louis Manceaux within the tissues of the gundi. Description The common gundi grows to a length of between , having a stumpy tail of . A gundi weighs about . It resembles a guinea pig in appearance, having big eyes, flat ears and short limbs. Each foot has four digits and sharp, dark claws; the two hind feet have comblike bristles between the claws. Gundi's teeth are rootless. Distribution This gundi is found in northern Africa on the south side of the Atlas Mountains at altitudes up to about . Its range extends from western Libya through Tunisia and Algeria to eastern Morocco. Ecology and biology Gundis are Diurnality, diurnal and Herbivore, herbivorous. It lives in rocky, arid places, making its home in crevices and under bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göran Rothman
Göran (Georg) Rothman (30 November 1739, in Husebybruk, Småland, Sweden – 3 December 1778, in Stockholm), was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. His father, Johan Stensson Rothman, was a teacher of Logic and Physics at a grammar school in Växjö, the same school that Carl von Linne attended. Their good relationship dated back to that period. Göran Rothman studied at Uppsala University from 1757 and graduated under Carl von Linne. On 27 May 1763 he defended a dissertation on the disease ''Raphania'' ( ergotism), thought by Linnaeus to be caused by eating bread from freshly harvested grain and wrongly ascribed to the presence of seed of ''Raphanus raphanistrum'' L., the common radish. In 1765 he carried out research in Åland and from 1773 to 1776 in Libya and Tunisia. On his return he practised as physician in Stockholm. He was notable for his translations of Voltaire (1694–1778) and Alexander Pope (1688–1744) into Swedish. The plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |