When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)

Studies of the feeding ecology of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) demonstrate that leporids, mostly European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), dominate their diet in regions where they are present. The remains of wildcats have been found at Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological si...

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Autores: Lloveras Roca, Lluís, Thomas, Richard, Cosso, Alessandra, Pinyol, César, Nadal Lorenzo, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Tafonomia
Conills
Gats
Europa
Taphonomy
Rabbits
Cats
Europe
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spelling When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)Lloveras Roca, LluísThomas, RichardCosso, AlessandraPinyol, CésarNadal Lorenzo, JordiTafonomiaConillsGatsEuropaTaphonomyRabbitsCatsEuropeStudies of the feeding ecology of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) demonstrate that leporids, mostly European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), dominate their diet in regions where they are present. The remains of wildcats have been found at Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites, raising the possibility that they actively accumulated leporid bones in caves and shelters shared with other terrestrial carnivores, raptors and humans. We present the first taphonomic study of rabbit remains consumed by this terrestrial carnivore, with the ultimate aim of understanding their role in bone accumulations at archaeological sites. An experimental study was carried out with a wildcat female, who was fed with nine complete rabbit carcasses. Non-ingested remains and scats were recovered for the analysis of anatomical representation, breakage and bone surface modification. This revealed that non-ingested remains and scats of the European wildcat can be discriminated from most other agents of accumulation. The referential framework provided will permit the discrimination of hominids and wildcats as agents of fossil accumulations of rabbits.Springer Verlag2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/142207Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0364-6Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018, vol. 10, num. 2, p. 449-464https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0364-6(c) Springer Verlag, 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1422072026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
title When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
spellingShingle When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
Lloveras Roca, Lluís
Tafonomia
Conills
Gats
Europa
Taphonomy
Rabbits
Cats
Europe
title_short When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
title_full When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
title_fullStr When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
title_full_unstemmed When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
title_sort When wildcats feed on rabbits: an experimental study to understand the taphonomic signature of european wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lloveras Roca, Lluís
Thomas, Richard
Cosso, Alessandra
Pinyol, César
Nadal Lorenzo, Jordi
author Lloveras Roca, Lluís
author_facet Lloveras Roca, Lluís
Thomas, Richard
Cosso, Alessandra
Pinyol, César
Nadal Lorenzo, Jordi
author_role author
author2 Thomas, Richard
Cosso, Alessandra
Pinyol, César
Nadal Lorenzo, Jordi
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tafonomia
Conills
Gats
Europa
Taphonomy
Rabbits
Cats
Europe
topic Tafonomia
Conills
Gats
Europa
Taphonomy
Rabbits
Cats
Europe
description Studies of the feeding ecology of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) demonstrate that leporids, mostly European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), dominate their diet in regions where they are present. The remains of wildcats have been found at Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites, raising the possibility that they actively accumulated leporid bones in caves and shelters shared with other terrestrial carnivores, raptors and humans. We present the first taphonomic study of rabbit remains consumed by this terrestrial carnivore, with the ultimate aim of understanding their role in bone accumulations at archaeological sites. An experimental study was carried out with a wildcat female, who was fed with nine complete rabbit carcasses. Non-ingested remains and scats were recovered for the analysis of anatomical representation, breakage and bone surface modification. This revealed that non-ingested remains and scats of the European wildcat can be discriminated from most other agents of accumulation. The referential framework provided will permit the discrimination of hominids and wildcats as agents of fossil accumulations of rabbits.
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2018, vol. 10, num. 2, p. 449-464
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0364-6
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