A Kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum Közleményei 3. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Purger J. Jenő: Kisemlősök faunisztikai felmérése Külső-Somogy északnyugati részén, gyöngybagoly Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) köpetek vizsgálata alapján
112 Small mammal fauna survey in north-western part of Outer-Somogy (Somogy county, Hungary), based on Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) pellet analysis JENŐ J. PURGER Barn Owl pellets were collected between 1999 and 2014, from 11 localities (investigated area: YM07, YM18, YM27 and YM29 UTM grids). In a total of 1313 pellets there were 3630 prey remnants (2.8 was the prey per pellet ratio). Small mammals were dominating (98.4%). Remnants of birds and amphibians made up 1.6% of total prey. Mammal prey consisted of Sorico- morpha 33.26% (Crocidura leucodon, C. suaveolens, Sorex araneus, S. minutus, Neomys anomalus, N. fo- diens, Talpa europaea), Chiroptera 0.06% (Eptesicus serotinus, Pipistrellus nathusii) and Rodentia 66.68% (Muscardinus avellanarius, Glis glis, Microtus agrestis, M. arvalis, M. oeconomus, M. subterraneus, Arvicola amphibius, My odes glareolus, Apodemus agrárius, A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. uralensis, Micromys minutus, Mus musculus, M. spicilegus, Rattus norvegicus). In this paper distribution data for 25 small mammal species are presented. We documented the occurence of NathusiusD Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii), Common Dormouse (M. avellanarius) and Harvest Mouse (.M. spicilegus) in the investigated area. Other important results include the confirmation of the presence of Pygmy Field Mouse (A. uralensis), noted in Látrány, Telki (YM18) and Miklósi (YM27), as well as the finding of remnants of Root Vole (M. oeconomus) near the villages Szólád and Telki (YM18).
