A late pleistocene rodent fauna (mammalia: rodentia) from hadzi prodanova cave near Ivanjica Western Serbia)

Hadzi 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: Bogićević, Katarina, Nenadić, Draženko, Milošević, Stefan, Mihailović, Dušan, Vlastić, Stefan, Tosović, Radule
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Universita degli Studi di Milano 2017
Subjects:
small mammals
Serbia
rodents
Quaternary
Late Pleistocene
Balkan Peninsula
Microtus arvalis
Online Access:http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2434
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_2434
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Summary:Hadzi 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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