Kisemlősök faunisztikai felmérése Külső-Somogy északnyugati részén, gyöngybagoly Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) köpetek vizsgálata alapján = Small mammal fauna survey in north-western part of Outer-Somogy (Somogy county, Hungary), based on Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis

• Published in: Kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum Közleményei
• Main Author: Purger, J. Jenő
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Hungarian
• Published: Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum 2014
• Subjects: QL Zoology / állattan; Pipistrellus nathusii
• Online Access: http://real.mtak.hu/20103/; http://real.mtak.hu/20103/1/08_Purger-Jeno105-112_REAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.26080/krrmkozl.2014.3.105

Barn Owl pellets were collected between 1999 and 2014, from 11 localities (investigated area: YM07, YM18, YM27 and YM29, according to 10×10 km UTM grids). In a total of 1313 pellets there were 3630 prey remnants. Small mammals were dominating (98.4%). We documented occurrence of 25 mammal species: Crocidura leucodon, C. suaveolens, Sorex araneus, S. minutus, Neomys anomalus, N. fodiens, Talpa europaea, Eptesicus serotinus, Pipistrellus nathusii, Muscardinus avellanarius, Glis glis, Microtus agrestis, M. arvalis, M. oeconomus, M. subterraneus, Arvicola amphibius, Myodes glareolus, Apodemus agrarius, A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. uralensis, Micromys minutus, Mus musculus, M. spicilegus, Rattus norvegicus). Remnants of birds and amphibians consisted 1.6% of total prey.