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Late Pleistocene Canidae remains from Geographical Society Cave in the Russian Far East

Late Pleistocene Canidae remains from Geographical Society Cave in the Russian Far East

Baryshnikov G.F.

P. 65-83

The analysis of bone remains of canids from the Upper-Pleistocene deposits of Geographical Society Cave in Primorskii Territory, Russia, revealed the presence of 4 species: Nyctereutes procyonoides, Canis lupus, Cuon alpinus, and Vulpes vulpes. Their accumulation is associated predominantly with the food activity of larger carnivores (Crocuta ultima, Panthera tigris), which used the cave as a den. No reliable signs of utilization of canids by ancient people were detected.DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.14.1.03

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