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===Research===
===Research===
During his life, Shoshani published over 168 scientific articles and books on elephants.<ref name="Douglas-Hamilton 2008"></ref> His research focused primarily on their [[anatomy]] and [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]], but he also studied other [[taxa]] like [[primates]].<ref name="Dale 2008"></ref> Notably, he led an extensive [[dissection]] of a 46-year old female Sri Lankan elephant named Iki from 1980-1988,<ref name = "Zoski 2018"></ref><ref name="Shoshani et al 1982">{{Cite journal | last1 = Shoshani | first1 = J. | display-authors=etal | year = 1982 | title = On the Dissection of a Female Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, 1758) and Data from Other Elephants| journal = Elephant | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | doi = 10.22237/elephant/1521731887 | url = https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/elephant/vol2/iss1/3/| doi-access = free }}</ref> coauthored landmark papers on the elephant [[brain]]<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2006">{{Cite journal|title=Elephant brain: Part I: Gross morphology, functions, comparative anatomy, and evolution|author1=Jeheskel Shoshani|author2=WIlliam Kupsky|author3=Gary Marchant|journal=Brain Research Bulletin|date=June 30, 2006 |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=124–157 | doi = 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.016}}</ref> and [[Visual system|vision]],<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2005">{{Cite journal|title=Elephants and Human Color-Blind Deuteranopes Have Identical Sets of Visual Pigments|author1=Shozo Yokoyama|author2=Naomi Takenaka|author3=Dalen W. Agnew|author4=Jeheskel Shoshani|journal=Genetics|date=May 1, 2005 |volume=170 |issue=1 |pages=335–344 | doi = 10.1534/genetics.104.039511 |pmid=15781694 |pmc=1449733}}</ref> and was the editor and coauthor of two encyclopedic volumes on elephants and their relatives: the technical ''The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives'', and the laymen-oriented ''Elephants: Majestic Creatures of The Wild''.<ref name="Dale 2008"></ref><ref name="Douglas-Hamilton 2008"></ref> He was also partially or wholly responsible for naming multiple proboscidean taxa, including the [[suborder]] [[Plesielephantiformes]],<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2001>{{Cite journal|title= Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions|author1= J. Shoshani|author3 =P. Tassy | author2 = W. J. Sanders | journal=The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001|date=2001 |pages=676-679 | url = http://www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/cosa_facciamo/studi_e_ricerche2/la_terra_degli_elefanti/workshop_elephantidae_origine_ed_evoluzione_coordinatore_j_shoshani_elephantidae_origin_and_evolution_chair_j_shoshani/elephants_and_other_proboscideans_a_summary_of_recent_findings_and_new_taxonomic_suggestions_shoshani_j_sanders_w_j_tassy_p_p_676}}</ref> the [[family (biology) | family]] [[Numidotheriidae]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Shoshani|editor-first= J. |date= 1992|title= Elephants: Majestic Creatures of the Wild |location= London |publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=22-23}}</ref> and the species [[Eritreum|''Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi'']].<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2006b>{{Cite journal|title=A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications.|author1= J. Shoshani|author2= R. C. Walter|author3= M. Abraha|author4= S. Berhe|author5 =P. Tassy | author6 = W. J. Sanders | author7 = G. H. Marchant | author8 = Y. Libsekal| author9 = T.Ghirmai| author10 = D. Zinner | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=2006 |volume=103 |issue=46 |pages=17296-17301 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0603689103|doi-access= free}}</ref>
During his life, Shoshani published over 168 scientific articles and books on elephants.<ref name="Douglas-Hamilton 2008"></ref> His research focused primarily on their [[anatomy]] and [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]], but he also studied other [[taxa]] like [[primates]].<ref name="Dale 2008"></ref> Notably, he led an extensive [[dissection]] of a 46-year old female Sri Lankan elephant named Iki from 1980-1988,<ref name = "Zoski 2018"></ref><ref name="Shoshani et al 1982">{{Cite journal | last1 = Shoshani | first1 = J. | display-authors=etal | year = 1982 | title = On the Dissection of a Female Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, 1758) and Data from Other Elephants| journal = Elephant | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | doi = 10.22237/elephant/1521731887 | url = https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/elephant/vol2/iss1/3/| doi-access = free }}</ref> coauthored landmark papers on the elephant [[brain]]<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2006">{{Cite journal|title=Elephant brain: Part I: Gross morphology, functions, comparative anatomy, and evolution|author1=Jeheskel Shoshani|author2=WIlliam Kupsky|author3=Gary Marchant|journal=Brain Research Bulletin|date=June 30, 2006 |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=124–157 | doi = 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.016}}</ref> and [[Visual system|vision]],<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2005">{{Cite journal|title=Elephants and Human Color-Blind Deuteranopes Have Identical Sets of Visual Pigments|author1=Shozo Yokoyama|author2=Naomi Takenaka|author3=Dalen W. Agnew|author4=Jeheskel Shoshani|journal=Genetics|date=May 1, 2005 |volume=170 |issue=1 |pages=335–344 | doi = 10.1534/genetics.104.039511 |pmid=15781694 |pmc=1449733}}</ref> and was the editor and coauthor of two encyclopedic volumes on elephants and their relatives: the technical ''The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives'', and the laymen-oriented ''Elephants: Majestic Creatures of The Wild''.<ref name="Dale 2008"></ref><ref name="Douglas-Hamilton 2008"></ref> He was also partially or wholly responsible for naming multiple proboscidean taxa, including the [[suborder]] [[Plesielephantiformes]],<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2001>{{Cite journal|title= Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions|author1= J. Shoshani|author3 =P. Tassy | author2 = W. J. Sanders | journal=The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001|date=2001 |pages=676-679 | url = http://www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/cosa_facciamo/studi_e_ricerche2/la_terra_degli_elefanti/workshop_elephantidae_origine_ed_evoluzione_coordinatore_j_shoshani_elephantidae_origin_and_evolution_chair_j_shoshani/elephants_and_other_proboscideans_a_summary_of_recent_findings_and_new_taxonomic_suggestions_shoshani_j_sanders_w_j_tassy_p_p_676}}</ref> the [[family (biology) | family]] [[Numidotheriidae]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-last= Shoshani|editor-first= J. |date= 1992|title= Elephants: Majestic Creatures of the Wild |location= London |publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=22-23}}</ref> and the [[Binomial nomenclature | species]] [[Eritreum|''Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi'']].<ref name = "Shoshani et al 2006b>{{Cite journal|title=A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications.|author1= J. Shoshani|author2= R. C. Walter|author3= M. Abraha|author4= S. Berhe|author5 =P. Tassy | author6 = W. J. Sanders | author7 = G. H. Marchant | author8 = Y. Libsekal| author9 = T.Ghirmai| author10 = D. Zinner | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=2006 |volume=103 |issue=46 |pages=17296-17301 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0603689103|doi-access= free}}</ref>


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==

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Jeheskel "Hezy" Shoshani (January 23, 1943 – May 21, 2008) was an evolutionary biologist who studied elephants and their relatives for over 35 years.

Life and work

Early life and career

Shoshani was born in what is now Tel Aviv, Israel, but he held dual citizenship in the United States.[1] His interest in elephants began in his youth after he read a Hebrew copy of Willis Lindquist's Burma Boy,[2][3] which told the story of the relationship between a boy and an elephant.[4] He began his career as a zookeeper,[3] and went on to research elephants in Sri Lanka and Kenya[4] before moving to Detroit, Michigan in 1968[5] and becoming an undergraduate professor at Wayne State University around 1973.[6] Shoshani founded the Elephant Interest Group (later known as the Elephant Research Foundation) in June 1977,[1] and was the sole editor of its official magazine, Elephant (formerly Elephant Newsletter), for most of its run.[6] He also established the Elephant Research Foundation Library, through which he collected and cataloged published and archival materials, displays, and biological samples relating to elephants.[2] Shoshani was awarded his PhD from the university in 1986,[5] and taught there until he moved to Eritrea in 1998. There, he studied a poorly-known population of African bush elephants that were threatened by conflicts between Eritrea and Ethiopia[3][6] and taught at the University of Asmara until 2006.[6] Concerned about the danger of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border area,[4] he moved to Ethiopia in 2007 to continue his research, and taught at the University of Addis Ababa.[3]

Research

During his life, Shoshani published over 168 scientific articles and books on elephants.[3] His research focused primarily on their anatomy and taxonomy, but he also studied other taxa like primates.[1] Notably, he led an extensive dissection of a 46-year old female Sri Lankan elephant named Iki from 1980-1988,[2][7] coauthored landmark papers on the elephant brain[8] and vision,[9] and was the editor and coauthor of two encyclopedic volumes on elephants and their relatives: the technical The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives, and the laymen-oriented Elephants: Majestic Creatures of The Wild.[1][3] He was also partially or wholly responsible for naming multiple proboscidean taxa, including the suborder Plesielephantiformes,[10] the family Numidotheriidae,[11] and the species Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi.[12]

Death and legacy

Shoshani was among several people killed in a terrorism-linked explosion in a public minibus in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 21, 2008.[4] Following his death, The Elephant Research Foundation board of directors renamed the library to The Jeheskel (Hezy) Shoshani Library Endowed Collection to commemorate his research,[6] and it currently houses over 1,100 items.[2] The amebelodontid Eurybelodon shoshanii was named in his honor in 2016.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d R. Dale: Tribute: In Memoriam, Jeheskel "Hezy" Shoshani. In: Journal of the Elephant Managers Association. 19. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2008 (butler.edu).
  2. ↑ a b c d Vorlage:Cite magazine
  3. ↑ a b c d e f I. Douglas-Hamilton: A tribute to Hezy Shoshani. In: Pachyderm. 44. Jahrgang, 2008 (pachydermjournal.org).
  4. ↑ a b c d Ofri Ilani: ? (Originaltitel: he:נהרג חוקר פילים ישראלי בפיגוע באתיופיה, deutsch: Israeli researcher of elephants killed in attack in Ethiopia) In: Haaretz, May 22, 2008. Abgerufen im August 13, 2014 (hebräisch). 
  5. ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite thesis
  6. ↑ a b c d e The Jeheskel (Hezy) Shoshani Library Endowed Collection. In: Special Collections. Wayne State University Library;
  7. ↑ J. Shoshani: On the Dissection of a Female Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, 1758) and Data from Other Elephants. In: Elephant. 2. Jahrgang, Nr. 1, 1982, doi:10.22237/elephant/1521731887 (wayne.edu).
  8. ↑ Jeheskel Shoshani, WIlliam Kupsky, Gary Marchant: Elephant brain: Part I: Gross morphology, functions, comparative anatomy, and evolution. In: Brain Research Bulletin. 70. Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 30. Juni 2006, S. 124–157, doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.03.016.
  9. ↑ Shozo Yokoyama, Naomi Takenaka, Dalen W. Agnew, Jeheskel Shoshani: Elephants and Human Color-Blind Deuteranopes Have Identical Sets of Visual Pigments. In: Genetics. 170. Jahrgang, Nr. 1, 1. Mai 2005, S. 335–344, doi:10.1534/genetics.104.039511, PMID 15781694, PMC 1449733 (freier Volltext).
  10. ↑ J. Shoshani, W. J. Sanders, P. Tassy: Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions. In: The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001. 2001, S. 676–679 (sovraintendenzaroma.it).
  11. ↑ J. Shoshani (Hrsg.): Elephants: Majestic Creatures of the Wild. Simon and Schuster, London 1992, S. 22–23.
  12. ↑ J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T.Ghirmai: A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103. Jahrgang, Nr. 46, 2006, S. 17296–17301, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603689103.
  13. ↑ W. Lambert: Eurybelodon shoshani, an unusual new shovel-tusked gomphothere (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the late Miocene of Oregon. In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, 2016, doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1091352 (academia.edu).
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