Small mammals recovered from owl pellets from Syria (Mammalia: Chiroptera, Rodentia)

Autor:	Zuhair S. Amr, Ahmad Daoud, Adwan H. Shehab, Dieter Kock
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Mus macedonicus education.field_of_study biology Ecology Range (biology) Population biology.organism_classification Otonycteris Geography Eliomys Taphozous nudiventris Animal Science and Zoology Genus Microtus education Microtus
Zdroj:	Zoology in the Middle East. 33:27-42
ISSN:	2326-2680 0939-7140
Popis:	A total of 23 species of small mammals (5 Chiroptera and 18 Rodentia) were recovered from owl pellets collected from several localities in Syria. The occurrence of Taphozous nudiventris magnus on the Syrian Euphrates is part of a northwestern extension of the Iraqi population, extending into southern Turkey. The present material fills a distribution gap for Otonycteris hemprichii between the Syrian, Turkish and Iraqi localities. Records for two species of the genus Microtus, Microtus (Microtus) socialis and the problematic M. (M.) philistinus, are given. Comparative material was used to confirm the identity of both species. The known range for M. socialis is thereby extended considerably further eastwards. Similarly, the present records of Cricetulus migratorius and Mus macedonicus extend the range of both species eastwards. The record of Eliomys melanurus represents a noteworthy range extension further to the north.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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