Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Small mammals, taxonomic analysis, East Europe

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Taxonomic analysis of the formation of the Recent small mammal fauna in the southern part of eastern Europe

• Leonid I. REKOVETS

Abstract:

The historic development of Arvicolidae and other small mammals in the Pleistocene is reviewed. The temporal sequence of taxa and their migrations are discussed. The time of origin of the Recent species is investigated. Mammal associations of the Late Pleistocene are the basis for the formation of the Recent communities. The peculiar role of the eastern European periglacial faunas in this process is noted.