The hypothesis that the body size of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum does not follow Bergmann's rule was examined. The Loutra Almopias Cave A bears two chronologically different small mammal faunal assemblages of Late and latest Pleistocene age, where fossil specimens of the afore-mentioned
species have been retrieved. The measurements of the fossils showed that there is a differentiation in tooth size and thus body size from the Late to latest Pleistocene indicating a correlation of the latter with climate.
A recent find of a Middle Villafranchian (c. 2.35–2.10 Ma) Canis cf. C. etruscus in the trawlings from the Oosterschelde concerns the oldest dog known from the Netherlands and is the first appearance record of this canid in the North Sea Basin. It shows that the tribe Canini was dispersed beyond south central Europe up to the northwestern edge of the continent. The find confirms the lack of synchroneity and usefulness of the so-called ‘Wolf Event’.
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