Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fourvel, Jean-Baptiste, Fosse, Philippe, Fernandez, Philippe & Antoine, Pierre-Olivier, 2015, Large mammals of Fouvent-Saint-Andoche (Haute-Saône, France): a glimpse into a Late Pleistocene hyena den, Geodiversitas 37 (2), pp. 237-266 : 261

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2015n2a5

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4535459

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scientific name

Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — NISP =11; MNI =3.

1989-1992 sample: 1 left i3; 1 left humerus; 1 radius; 1 left ulna; 1 right femur; 1 femur; 1 right tibia; 1 right talus; 3 metatarsals III-IV.

DESCRIPTION

Roe deer is represented by 11 remains (including one isolated tooth), which correspond to three adult individuals. Appendicular skeleton is not sufficiently abundant and well preserved to allow any taxonomic identification. However, the size and the general morphology of metatarsals are typical of Capreolus (i.e. presence of a narrow longitudinal dorsal gutter; proximal epiphysis distinct from other comparable small ungulate species). The roe deer C. c. suessenbornensis has been attested in Europe (e.g., Süssenborn) since the Middle Pleistocene, and it became abundant with C. c. capreolus during the Cromerian stage. This latter subspecies has been widespread in Europe from the late Pleistocene until today ( Kurtén 1968; Delpech & Guérin in Guérin & Patou-Mathis 1996).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Capreolus

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