Hi Leif,
Would you be able to point me to a guide on morphology for post-cranial bones from mice and voles? I've tried to identify them to family before, but wasn't sure if the differences I saw were true or merely individual differences.
/Lena
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From: "Leif Jonsson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, 12 May, 2013 2:46:41 PM
Subject: Re: Unidentified small mammal bones
Hi David,
you have bones of a small rodent, a humerus, a femur and two vertebrae.
The morphology is of a murine rather than microtine taxon. The size is
small and could be of a house mouse. Look for gnawings on seeds and
nuts! Mice open nuts in different way from the way voles do.
Leif Jonsson
Gothenburg Museum of Natural History
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