ABSTRACT

Among prey remnants of 42,290 animal individuals, collected in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Israel, I determined 157 dormice of seven species: Eliomys melanurus, Glis glis, Dryomys nitedula, Dryomys laniger, Myomimus personatus, Myomimus setzeri, and an undescribed Myomimus sp. from the central Zagros Mts. Owl pellets were of four owl species: Tyto alba, Bubo bubo, Strix aluco, and Asio otus. In total, dormice formed only 0.37% of prey, their dominance, however, increased from southwest towards northeast, begin 0.04 % in Israel and 0.97 % in Iran. Results show that the Middle East has more species of Gliridae than any other region of comparable size. Myomimus setzeri is for the first time reported from Turkey.