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Table 1 Numbers of identified remains (NIR) of mammals from four archaeological contexts associated with the Sacred Falcon Necropolis at Quesna

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

 

Context

Site total (n)

Site total (%)

(4)

(5)

(SFG1)

(213)

Shrews

 Crocidura floweri/whitakeri

2

1

–

2

5

1%

< 2%

< 2%

 

1%

  

 Crocidura fulvastra

–

–

–

21

21

6%

   

11%

  

 Crocidura olivieri

5

1

3

118

127

35%

4%

< 2%

30%

64%

  

 Crocidura religiosa

2

2

7

1

12

3%

< 2%

4%

70%

< 1%

  

 Crocidura gueldenstaedtii

–

–

–

42

42

11%

   

23%

  

 Total shrews

9

4

10

184

207

 

Rodents

 Arvicanthis niloticus

23

4

–

–

27

7%

19%

7%

    

 Mus musculus

78

43

–

–

121

33%

66%

80%

    

 Acomys cahirinus

1

–

–

–

1

< 1%

< 1%

     

 Gerbillus

8

3

–

–

11

3%

7%

6%

    

 Total rodents

110

50

0

0

160

 

Total mammals

119

54

10

184

367

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