Mammals of Yakutia: Changes in the understanding of the composition of the mammal fauna over the past 50 years and an Annotated list Part 1. Insectivores, Chiropterans, Lagomorphs, and Rodents
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2022-27-3-393-404
Abstract
Previously published lists of the mammal fauna of the region date back to the 1930s to 1970s; they present information on 59–63 species (by different sources). Over the past 50 years, significant changes have taken place, both due to
additional research of the mammal fauna and due to the introduction of several species by man. According to the current studies, the faunistic list of the orders covered in this article embraces a total of 42 species: Insectivores (Eulipotyphla; 2 families, 3 genera, 10 species), Chiropterans (Chiroptera, 1 family, 3 genera, 5 species), Lagomorphs (Lagomorpha, 2 families, 2 genera, 3 species), and Rodents (Rodentia, 3 families, 19 genera, 24 species). In the 1970s, the faunistic list of the same orders included 36–37 species. The reasons for the expansion of the list are a better current knowledge of the regional fauna (four species new for the fauna of Yakutia have been found: two chiropterans and one species of insectivores and rodents each) and changes in the taxonomic rank of species and subspecies belonging to the genera of Ochotona, Urocitellus, and Alexandromys (Microtus). Some changes in the fauna composition (with no changes in the amount of species) are associated with the revision of 13 species names. The major part of the population of the discussed orders on the terrtory of Yakutia is composed of indigenous species (approximately 93 %); one species, Ondatra zibethicus, has appeared as a result of intentional introduction measures in the 1940s; and two species, Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus are invasive eusynanthropes that expanded widely in the second half of the 20th century.
Supporting agencies: This study was carried out within the framework of the state Assignement of the FITC YANC SB RAS on the project «Populations and communities of animals of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of the cryolithozone of the eastern sector of the Russian Arctic and Subarctic: diversity, structure and stability under natural and anthropogenic impacts» (number: FWRS-2021-0044; registration number: 121020500194-9).
About the Authors
Ya. L. Volpert
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
VOLPERT, Yakov Leizerovich, Dr. Sci. (Biology), Chief researcher
41 Lenina pr., Yakutsk 677980
E. G. Shadrina
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
SHADRINA, Elena Georgievna, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Biology), Chief researcher
41 Lenina pr., Yakutsk 677980
I. M. Okhlopkov
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
OKHLOPKOV, Innokenty Mikhailovich, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Director
41 Lenina pr., Yakutsk 677980
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