Vertebrata hungarica

Author(s): Demeter, A.
Title: Small mammals and the food of owls (Tyto and Bubo) in Northern Nigeria
Year: 1981
Volume: 20
Pages: 127-136.

Abstract: 120 specimens representing 13 species of small mammals were collected in Yankari Game Reserve, northern Nigeria and in cultivated land outside the reserve. Of these, Crocidura odorata, C. pasha, Epomopphorus gambianus, Tadarida (Mops) condylura and Graphiurus murinus are new records for the reserve. Pellets from Bubo africanus and Tyto alba were examined: shrews and rodents were the most important prey. New records for the reserve as indicated in owl pellets are Taphozous mauritanus, Nycteris major, Crocidura flavescens, C. poensis and Dasymys incomtus. Suncus infinitesimus was found in pellets from Futuk.
Subject: zoology

Discussed taxa:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Ordo: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species: alba

Discussed taxa:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Ordo: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: bubo
Species: africanus

Discussed taxa:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Ordo: Rodentia

Discussed taxa:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Ordo: Insectivora

Journal: Vertebrata hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Vert. hung.
ISSN: 0506-7839
Publisher: Népművelési Propaganda Iroda, Budapest
Editor(s): Dely, O. G. & Nemes, I.