@article {12097, title = {Late Pleistocene and Holocene development of the felid fauna (Felidae) of Europe: a review}, journal = {Journal of ZoologyJournal of Zoology}, volume = {269}, number = {1}, year = {2006}, pages = {7}, publisher = {Blackwell Synergy}, keywords = {Mammalia}, author = {Sommer, R. S. and Benecke, N.} } @article {8249, title = {Cranial variability in the Eastern hedgehog Erinaceus concolor (Mammalia: Insectivora)}, journal = {Journal of ZoologyJournal of Zoology}, volume = {258}, number = {03}, year = {2002}, pages = {365-373}, publisher = {CambridgeUnivPress}, abstract = {Cranial variability was studied in 307 Eastern hedgehogs Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1838 from central and south-eastern Europe, the Near East, Middle East, and the Caucasus. The maxillary bone always contacted the nasal bone in European samples, forming a naso-maxillary suture which was mainly long (>2 mm). In contrast, the suture was usually short (<1{\textendash}2 mm) in hedgehogs from the Near East and Middle East, and sometimes the maxillary failed to reach the nasal bone. In the latter case, the premaxillary formed a suture with the frontal bone (length = 2.5 mm in extreme cases). Two morphotypes could be distinguished on this basis: the roumanicus morphotype (with a long suture) and the concolor morphotype (with the naso-maxillary suture short or absent). Discriminant function analysis of nine geographic samples, and based on 14 linear log-transformed skull measurements, revealed two clusters: one included four European samples of the roumanicus morphotype and the other contained three Asiatic samples of the concolor morphotype. Specimens of the roumanicus morphotype from Asia were classified as having either the concolor or roumanicus morphotype; however, on average their skull morphology suggested closer affinities with the former }, keywords = {Mammalia}, author = {Krystufek, B.} } @article {8254, title = {Morphological differentiation in Mus spicilegus and the taxonomic status of mound-building mice from the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia}, journal = {Journal of ZoologyJournal of Zoology}, volume = {245}, number = {2}, year = {1998}, note = {TY - JOURCited By (since 1996): 11Export Date: 7 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Airoldi, J.-P., Flury, B.K., An application of common principal component analysis to cranial morphometry of Microtus californicus and M. ochrogaster (Mammalia, Rodentia) (1988) J. Zool. (Lond.), 216, pp. 21-36; Auffray, J.-C., Tchernov, E., Bonhomme, F., Heth, G., Simson, S., Nevo, E., Presence and ecological distribution of Mus "spretoides" and Mus musculus domesticus in Israel. 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This classification has been disputed by some researchers who claim that the agrimi are feral goats, derived from early domestic stock brought to the island by the first Neolithic settlers. In order to clarify this issue, DNA analyses (cytochrome b and D loop sequences) were carried out on tissue of live and skeletonized agrimi and compared to sequences of wild and domestic caprines. Results conclusively show the agrimi to be a feral animal, that clades with domestic goats (Capra hircus) rather than with wild Asiatic bezoar. This study demonstrates that morphometric criteria do not necessarily reflect genetic affinities, and that the taxonomic classification of agrimi should be revised.}, keywords = {aDNA, Agrimi, Bezoar goat, Capra aegagrus aegagrus, Capra aegagrus cretica, Crete, Cytochrome b, Mammalia}, author = {Kahila Bar-Gal, G. and Smith, P. and Tchernov, E. and Greenblatt, C. and Ducos, P. and Gardeisen, A. and Horwitz, L.K.} }