Holocene biogeography of the southwestern European white-toothed shrew (Crocidura iculisma, Eulipotyphla) through its fossil record

Crocidura iculisma (=C. suaveolens) is a shrew (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla) showing a fragmented distribution limited to the Iberian Peninsula, southern and western France and northwestern Italy. Although it has been in the Iberian Peninsula since the Middle Pleistocene, its biogeographical history rem...

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Autores: Domínguez García, Ángel C., Álvarez Vena, Adrián, Laplana, César, Sevilla, Paloma, Román Sancho, Jacinto, Calzada Samperio, Javier, Galindo Pellicena, María Ángeles, Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/24287
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24287
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crocidura russula
Iberian Peninsula
Interspecific competition
Small mammals
Soricidae
24 Ciencias de la Vida
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Sumario:Crocidura iculisma (=C. suaveolens) is a shrew (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla) showing a fragmented distribution limited to the Iberian Peninsula, southern and western France and northwestern Italy. Although it has been in the Iberian Peninsula since the Middle Pleistocene, its biogeographical history remains poorly known. Here, we provide new data on Crocidura iculisma from the Castillejo del Bonete site (southern Spain) dated as 3.8–3.6 cal kyr BP. At the same time, we analyse changes in its geographic distribution based on its palaeontological record. We have reviewed thoroughly the Holocene record of Crocidura iculisma in southwestern Europe, considering independently the three time intervals according to the stages defined for this geological time series (Greenlandian