Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 21() 1976
The Neogene and Pliocene Insectivores (Mammalia) of Poland. III. Soricidae: Beremendia and Blarinoides
Abstract:
This paper contains a description of a new species, Beremendia minor n. sp. (Soricinae, Neomyini) from Rębielice Królewskie I, the locality referred to the Lower Villafranchian, and two other species, Beremendia fissidens (Petényi, 1864) and Blarinoides mariae Sulimski, 1959 (Soricinae: Neomyini, Blarinini) from 9 fossil localities (Podlesice, Rębielice Królewskie I, Rębielice Królewskie II, Zamkowa Dolna, Kadzielnia, Kielniki, Kamyk, Zalesiaki and Kozi Grzbiet), which embrace the period from the close of the Miocene to the Cromerian Interglacial. A discussion of the systematic position of the above-mentioned forms, their measurements and illustrations are also given. The specimens of Beremendia fissidens and Blarinoides mariae from different localities have been compared with each other within the species and one species has been compared with the other.
