Mammals of the Mountainous Part of the Southern Urals in the Last Interglacial.

The fossil faunas of mammals from layer 10 of excavation V of the Ignatievskaya Cave, Southern Urals (54°53′ N, 57°46′ E) are described. Data on the species composition of the faunas from different horizons, as well as on the morphology and size of teeth and bones of bats, insectivorous mammals, lagomorphs, and rodents, are presented. The complexes of mammal species are evidence that there were surrounding forested steppe (the upper half of the investigated sediments) and steppe (the lower half) environments. The species composition and the morphological features of the teeth of some mammals suggest that the faunas belonged to the beginning of the Mikulino (Eemian) Interglacial, being actually transitional from the preceding (Dnieper) glaciation (MIS 6-5e). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]