On the presence of Late Pleistocene wapiti, Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777 (Cervidae, Mammalia) in the Palaeolithic site Climăuți II (Moldova)

• Published in: Contributions to Zoology
• Main Authors: Croitor, Roman, Obada, Theodor
• Other Authors: van der Geer, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 2018
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Giganteus; Rangifer tarandus; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08701001; https://brill.com/view/journals/ctoz/87/1/article-p1_1.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ctoz/87/1/article-p1_1.xml

This article reports antler remains from the Late Paleolithic site of Climăuți II (Republic of Moldova) confirming the presence of wapiti Cervus canadensis in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia. The occurrence of wapiti in the East Carpathian area by 20 ky BP coincides with the local extinction...