Evolution of the steppe marmot Marmota bobac (Müller, 1776) Rodentia, Sciuridae) on the territory of the Republic of Moldova Cover Image

Evoluţia marmotei de stepă Marmota bobac (Muller, 1776) (Rodentia, Sciuridae) pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova
Evolution of the steppe marmot Marmota bobac (Müller, 1776) Rodentia, Sciuridae) on the territory of the Republic of Moldova

Author(s): Viorica Pascari
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Environmental Geography
Published by: Muzeul Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală
Keywords: Mammalia; Sciuridae; steppe marmot; fossil; paleontological materials; Pleistocene; Paleolithic; Mesolithic; Holocene;

Summary/Abstract: Numerous skeletal remains (fossils) of steppe marmot (also called gray marmot) Marmota bobac (Müller, 1776) were collected at the paleolithic sites in the north and northwest of the Republic of Moldova. The most numerous being from the Duruitoarea Veche grotto – the beginning of the Upper Pleistocene and Brânzeni I – the Upper Pleistocene, Mesolithic and early Holocene.

  • Issue Year: 34/2021
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 113-116
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian
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