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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106024
	Wildcat scats: Taphonomy of the predator and its micromamal prey
	Marin-Monfort, M. D.1,2; Garcia-Morato, S.1,3; Olucha, R.2; Yravedra, J.4; Pineiro, A.5,6; Barja, I.5,7; Andrews, P.8; Fernandez-Jalvo, Y.1
通讯作者	Marin-Monfort, M. D.
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
EISSN	1873-457X
出版年	2019
卷号	225
英文摘要	Small sized felids, such as wild and domestic cats, are one of the most common predators in the nature and in sites occupied by humans in archaeological and historical contexts. Wildcats have ingestion/digestion traits highly destructive for their prey, i.e.: teeth to chew causing extreme breakage, and digestion along the entire digestive tract with low pH gastric juices causing extreme bone corrosion. Small sized cats are also well known to play with the prey and select skeletal parts to ingest. The present study is focused on the taphonomic analysis of micromammal remains recovered from scats produced by European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) during several months and years. Excrements were collected from the Montes do Invernadeiro Natural Park (Galicia, Spain). Following the taphonomic methodological protocols, anatomical representation, bone breakage and degrees of digestive corrosion were evaluated. Results obtained from the skeletal representation indicate a high abundance of cranial skeleton and a high fracture pattern. Most dental elements show digestion, reaching extreme grades of corrosion, but the proportions of micromammal prey elements affected varies between taxonomic groups. The large sample size collected during 2 years, including different seasons, show no differences in either taxonomic composition or degree of digestion between the four seasons. The scat contents provide a basic and general pattern of alterations caused by carnivorous mammals on the bony elements of their prey. Some differences between felid predator species have also been observed, thus pointing out the necessity of more actualistic taphonomic analysis that will allow us to obtain a more accurate indication of modifications produced by small carnivorous mammals and specific differences. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Felis silvestris silvestris, wildcat Felids Carnivores Taphonomy Micromammals Montes do Invernadeiro Natural Park (Galicia, Spain)
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Spain ; Chile ; England
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000498754500021
WOS关键词	FELIS-SILVESTRIS SCHREBER ; SMALL MAMMAL TAPHONOMY ; RABBIT ORYCTOLAGUS-CUNICULUS ; CAT LEOPARDUS-GEOFFROYI ; CENTRAL MONTE DESERT ; LEPORID REMAINS ; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES ; SEASONAL-VARIATION ; ATAPUERCA BURGOS ; FOOD-HABITS
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
EI主题词	2019-12-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/311406
作者单位	1.CSIC, Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat, C Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain; 2.Univ Valencia, Area Paleontol, Palaeontol Cenozo Vertebrates Res Grp PVC GIUV, C Doctor Moliner 50, E-46100 Valencia, Spain; 3.Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Geodinam Estratig & Paleontol, C Jose Antonio Novais 12, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; 4.Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Geog & Hist, Dept Prehist, C Prof Aranguren S-N, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; 5.Fac Biol, Dept Zool, C Prof Aranguren S-N, Madrid 28040, Spain; 6.Univ Andres Bello, Fac Ciencias Vida, Escuela Med Vet, Ave Republ 440, Santiago 7591538, Chile; 7.Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Invest Biodiversidad & Cambio Global CIBC UAM, C Darwin 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain; 8.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Palaeontol, Cromwell Rd, London 5BD 7SW, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marin-Monfort, M. D.,Garcia-Morato, S.,Olucha, R.,et al. Wildcat scats: Taphonomy of the predator and its micromamal prey[J],2019,225.
APA	Marin-Monfort, M. D..,Garcia-Morato, S..,Olucha, R..,Yravedra, J..,Pineiro, A..,...&Fernandez-Jalvo, Y..(2019).Wildcat scats: Taphonomy of the predator and its micromamal prey.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,225.
MLA	Marin-Monfort, M. D.,et al."Wildcat scats: Taphonomy of the predator and its micromamal prey".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 225(2019).