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The Vore Site Local Fauna

1980; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 25; Issue: 88 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/2052546.1980.11908988

2052-546X

Danny N. Walker,

Ecology and biodiversity studies

Twelve species of vertebrate animals have been recorded for the Vore Site Local Fauna, Bison being the most common form with estimates of individuals present lying between 15,000 and 25,000 animals. Candidae are the second most common group. Discriminant function analyses performed on the canid skulls has shown them to be part of a local population of wolf Idog hybrids with incipient domestication of that population appearing to be ongoing throughout the occupation of the site. No major shift in ecological zones or species distribution has occurred in the region since the occupation of the site except for those species extripated by the white man.