Mammals from Archaeological Sites of the Jomon Period in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Mammalian remains from 24 Jomon Period sites in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, were taxonomically and quantitatively analyzed. Twenty five mammal forms belonging to 10 orders were identified: Mogera wogura, Pteropus dasymallus, Macaca fuscata, Lepus brachyurus, Pentalagus furnessi, Petaurista leucogenys, Muridae gen. et sp. indet., Cetacea fam. gen. et sp. indet., Delphinidae gen. et sp. indet., Selenarctos thibetanus, Canis lupus, Canis familiaris, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Meles meles, Lutra lutra, Martes melampus, Mustela sibirica, Lynx lynx, Zalophus sp., Dugonidae gen. et sp. indet., Equus caballus, Sus scrofa, Cervus nippon, Capricornis crispus and Bos taurus. Of these, Canis lupus, Selenarctos tibetanus, Lynx lynx and Lutra lutra were extremely rare at Jomon sites in Kyushu. Sus scrofa and Cervus nippon were dominant, contributing 92% of the total bone fragments. In the Amami Shoto Islands, eight mammal forms, fewer than in mainland Kagoshima, were detected. It is assumed that by the Jomon Period (ca. 2500-300 BC), the faunas in north and south of the Tokara Strait (Watase's line) in Kagoshima Prefecture had already differentiated.
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