An Ice Age spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss 1823) population, their excrements and prey from the Late Pleistocene hyena den of the Sloup Cave in the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-185

  Diedrich, Cajus G ^a  

^a PaleoLogic ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

coprolites; Crocuta crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss 1823); paleobiology and cannibalism; population; Sloup Cave (Czech Republic); Upper Pleistocene hyena den

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COPROLITE; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BOS PRIMIGENIUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; GULO GULO; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; RANGIFER TARANDUS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 81455155092     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.591491     Document Type: Article

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