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Post by Melanie on Jun 30, 2009 15:38:16 GMT
extinct undescribed marsupial from Halmahera.
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Post by Melanie on Jun 30, 2009 17:38:55 GMT
common name: Halmahera Bandicoot
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:09:47 GMT
Fossil marsupials (Macropodidae, Peroryctidae) and other mammals of Holocene age from Halmahera, North Moluccas, Indonesia Authors: T. Flannery a; P. Bellwood b; P. White c; A. Moore c; Boeadi d; G. Nitihaminoto e Affiliations: a Australian Museum, Australia b Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia c Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Sydney, Australia d Zoology Museum, Bogor, Indonesia e Balai Arkeologi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Abstract Faunal remains from Gua (cave) Siti Nafisah, central Halmahera, reveal that until at least 1,870 ybp, Halmahera supported a non-volant mammal fauna which was predominantly of New Guinean origin. It consisted of at least three marsupial species; a wallaby of the genus Dorcopsis, a bandicoot (family Peroryctidae, genus indet.), and the Halmahera Group endemic cuscus Phalanger ornatus. Rattus morotaiensis, which is also endemic to the Halmahera Group, was also probably present. The wallaby and bandicoot (both terrestrial species) are now extinct, while the arboreal cuscus and rat survive. Faunal remains from the Uattamdi site, on the small island of Kayoa, do not include the remains of bandicoots or wallabies. The Dorcopsis wallaby survived until around 1,870 years ago. It is possible that the bandicoot vanished slightly earlier. Sometime between around 3,410 and 1,870 ybp both pigs and dogs were successfully introduced. Today soricids, viverrids, cervids and several murid species, all of Asiatic origin, have established feral populations on Halmahera. The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), a marsupial which is resident on Halmahera today, is absent from the archaeological sequence, and it may be an introduction from New Guinea. www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a795082162 |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:21:18 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:28:42 GMT
 Archaeology and Language: Correlating archaeological and linguistic hypotheses By R. Blench, Matthew Spriggs |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:35:35 GMT
 Faunal and floral migrations and evolution in SE Asia-Australasia By Ian Metcalfe |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:42:49 GMT
 Walker's marsupials of the world By Ronald M. Nowak, Chris R. Dickman |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:46:53 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:47:18 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 30, 2009 18:47:40 GMT
In addition, fragments of bone from a similarly extirpated species of bandicoot with affini- ties to the New Guinea genus Echymipera have been found in archaeological deposits on Halmahera although not on Gebe or Morotai. We note that these Halmahera extinctions, while not yet precisely dated, occurred in the same general time range as the introduc- tion of dogs to the Halmahera group and perhaps in association with other changes in economy. horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_7/divers2/010020759.pdf. |
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