A LATE PLEISTOCENE RODENT FAUNA (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM HADŽI PRODANOVA CAVE NEAR IVANJICA (WESTERN SERBIA)

Hadži Prodanova Cave in western Serbia is a multilayered site which, in addition to Palaeolithic tools, has yielded a relatively rich fauna of small and large vertebrates. In this paper the rodent fauna from this site is described. In total, 13 species of rodents have been found: Spermophilus cf. ci...

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Main Authors: KATARINA BOGIĆEVIĆ, DRAŽENKO NENADIĆ, STEFAN MILOŠEVIĆ, DUŠAN MIHAILOVIĆ, STEFAN VLASTIĆ, RADULE TOŠOVIĆ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017
Subjects:
Small mammals
rodents
Quaternary
Late Pleistocene
Serbia
Balkan Peninsula
Geology
QE1-996.5
Paleontology
QE701-760
Microtus arvalis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/8010
https://doaj.org/article/4e4ac63d56be4d4890db07b67c662778
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Summary:Hadži Prodanova Cave in western Serbia is a multilayered site which, in addition to Palaeolithic tools, has yielded a relatively rich fauna of small and large vertebrates. In this paper the rodent fauna from this site is described. In total, 13 species of rodents have been found: Spermophilus cf. citelloides, Sicista subtilis, Mesocricetus newtoni, Arvicola cf. terrestris, Chionomys nivalis, Microtus arvalis/agrestis, Microtus subterraneus, Clethrionomys glareolus, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus cf. uralensis, Spalax sp., Muscardinus avellanarius. This fauna has a mixed character and includes species of both open and forest habitats, the former being more numerous. According to its overall composition, it is tentatively ascribed to a relatively mild and wet period of the Last Glacial, probably MIS 3.

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