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The Yellow-Necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis Muridae): A New Species in the Mammalian Fauna of Ilmenskii Reserve (Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals)

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New information on the distribution of the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis Melchior, 1834) to the east is presented. For the first time (since 1975) the species was recorded in the northern part of the Ilmenskii Reserve (Chelyabinsk oblast, Southern Urals). The main conformational and craniometric characteristics of individuals are presented. Regular monitoring studies suggest that the invasion A. flavicollis in the aboriginal biotic community occurred no earlier than the winter–spring period and no later than June 2020. The likelihood of an anthropogenic influence in the conditions of the reserve regime is practically excluded. We believe that climate change (global warming) is a possible cause of the invasion. The place where the yellow-necked mouse was found in the Ilmenskii Nature Reserve (55°17′04.6′′ N, 60°14′45.1′′ E) is the easternmost point of the modern range of the species.

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This work was carried out within the framework of a State Assignment of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-04-00164.

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    G. V. Olenev, O. R. Gizullina & E. B. Grigorkina

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Olenev, G.V., Gizullina, O.R. & Grigorkina, E.B. The Yellow-Necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis Muridae): A New Species in the Mammalian Fauna of Ilmenskii Reserve (Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48 (Suppl 3), S141–S144 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022010101

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