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Table 3 Assemblages of soricid and murid species from well-studied ancient Egyptian archaeological sites and their relative representation in modern Egypt

From: Environmental implications of Ptolemaic Period rodents and shrews from the Sacred Falcon Necropolis at Quesna, Egypt (Mammalia: Muridae and Soricidae)

 

Dra Abu el-Nagaa

Thebes: Queen Mentuhotepb

Akhmimc

Tuna-el-Gebeld

Quesna

Modern Egypte

Eulipotyphla: Soricidae

 Crocidura balsamiferaf

3

 C. flowerig

3

3

5

 C. fulvastrah

1

2

9

 C. gueldenstaedtiii

42

1

 C. olivieri

122

2

26

38

62

104

 C. pashah

1

2

 C. religiosa

37

15

9

15

7

18

 Crocidura indet.

25

 Suncus etruscus

7

1j

Rodentia: Muridae

 Acomys cahirinus

5

Xk

1

275

 Arvicanthis niloticus

9

11

130

 Mus musculus

60

392

 Gerbillus sp.

6

X

Total individuals

175

19

50

78

173

 

Number of species

6

3

6

3

9

 
  1. Numerals represent numbers of individuals (MNI); “X” indicates a taxon reported as present but not quantified
  2. aWoodman and Ikram [30]
  3. bWoodman et al. [29]; rodents were not part of this study
  4. cHutterer [28]; rodents were not part of this study
  5. dKessler [27]
  6. eNumbers are numbers of specimens inspected by Osborn and Helmy [32]
  7. fExtinct
  8. gSpecimens from Quesna identified here as C. floweri may be C. whitakeri
  9. hExtirpated from Egypt
  10. iOccurs in Egypt only in the Sinai Peninsula
  11. jBased on a specimen reported by Heim de Balsac and Lamotte [84]
  12. kKessler [2] reported this species as present at this site