Remains of Insectivores and Rodents of recent age collected in a cave of Capri Island (Italy) / Resti di Insettivori e Roditori di età recente raccolti in una grotta dell'isola di Capri (Italia)

• Main Authors: Carmela Barbera, Maria Grazia Cimmino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Associazione Teriologica Italiana 1990
• Subjects: Rodentia; Insectivora; Taxonomy; Subrecent age; Sistematica; Subattuale; Science; Q; Zoology; QL1-991; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-2.1-3894; https://doaj.org/article/c21ffc7cbfe34b26816e7aea059f6c80

Abstract Remains of small mammals from a cave of Capri Island (Italy) were examined. They were collected together with other small vertebrates and are probably from pellets of birds of prey of subrecent age. The following species have been recognized from cranial bones and teeth: Suncus etruscus (Savi), Rattus rattus (L.), Mus domesticus Rutty, Apodemus sp. and Eliomys quercinus (L.). As regards Apodemus , the species identification was not possible since only mandibles were present among the remains belonging to this genus. Notwithstanding the attribution of our specimens to Apodemus agrarius can be excluded and it is limited to A. sylvaticus or A. flavicollis . It was not possible to make a comparison with Apodemus sylvaticus tyrrhenicus from the late Pleistocene of Capri; nevertheless the length and width of M 1 and M 2 of Apodemus sp. fall within the respective ranges of Apodemus sylvaticus tyrrhenicus provided by Gliozzi (in print). The occurence of Suncus etruscus (Savi), Apodemus sp. (probably A. sylvaticus or A. flavicollis ), and Eliomys quercinus (L.) in subrecent time of Capri Island is not mentioned in the literature. Riassunto Nel presente lavoro viene effettuato lo studio tassonomico di resti di micromammiferi rinvenuti a Capri; questi si trovavano insieme ad altre ossa di microvertebrati, in un accumulo riferibile con tutta probabilità a residui di borre di rapaci di età subattuale. Le specie individuate sono: Suncus etruscus (Savi), Rattus rattus (L.), Mus domesticus Rutty, Apodemus sp. e Eliomys quercinus (L.). La presenza sull'isola delle specie Suncus etruscus (Savi), Apodemus sp. e Eliomys quercinus (L.) non è segnalata in precedenti pubblicazioni.