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Table 2 Minimum numbers of individuals (MNI) of mammals calculated for 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

1

1

–

1

3

2%

< 2%

4%

 

1%

  

 Crocidura fulvastra

–

–

–

9

9

5%

   

11%

  

 Crocidura olivieri

3

1

2

56

62

36%

5%

4%

33%

69%

  

 Crocidura religiosa

1

1

4

1

7

4%

< 2%

4%

67%

1%

  

 Crocidura gueldenstaedtii

–

–

–

14

14

8%

   

17%

  

 Total shrews

5

3

6

81

95

 

Rodents

 Arvicanthis niloticus

9

2

–

–

11

6%

15%

8%

–

   

 Mus musculus

42

18

–

–

60

35%

70%

69%

–

   

 Acomys cahirinus

1

–

–

–

1

< 1%

< 2%

 

–

   

 Gerbillus

3

3

–

–

6

3%

5%

12%

–

   

 Total rodents

55

23

0

0

78

 

Total mammals

60

26

6

81

173

 

Number of species

7

6

2

5

9

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