Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 49A(1-2) 2006

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VOL 49A(1-2) 2006

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Fossil insectivores, Mammalia, Late Pleistocene, Holocene

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Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha (Mammalia) from the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Krucza Skała Rock Shelter and Komarowa Cave (Poland)

• RZEBIK-KOWALSKA B.

Abstract:

12 species of the insectivores, eight in Krucza Skała Rock Shelter and 10 in Komarowa Cave, were found in the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene layers of these localities. They are: Erinaceus sp., Desmana moschata, Talpa cf. minor, Talpa europaea, Sorex minutus, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex araneus, Sorex sp., Neomys sp., Neomys cf. fodiens, Crocidura zorzii, and Crocidura leucodon. Their descriptions, measurements, systematic position and illustrations are given. Two of them, Desmana moschata and Crocidura zorzii are new for the Polish Pleistocene fauna.