Table 1 Quantification of identified mammals of Qujialing period at Fenghuangzui

From: Animal exploitation of the Fenghuangzui Neolithic walled settlement in the Middle Yangtze River Valley

Taxon

NISP

NISP%

MNI

MNI%

Sus scrofa

455

60.42%

26

44.83%

Canis familiaris

11

1.46%

1

1.72%

Large cervid

8

1.06%

1

1.72%

Cervus unicolor

1

0.13%

–

–

Medium cervid

176

23.40%

13

22.41%

Cervus nippon

17

2.26%

–

–

Medium-small cervid

16

2.12%

3

5.17%

Small cervid

7

0.93%

2

3.45%

Muntiacus sp.

1

0.13%

–

–

Cervid antler

31

4.12%

–

–

Large bovine

9

1.20%

1

1.72%

Bubalus mephistopheles

1

0.13%

1

1.72%

Ursus thibetanus

3

0.40%

1

1.72%

Panthera tigris

4

0.53%

1

1.72%

Small Felidae

1

0.13%

1

1.72%

Medium Felidae

1

0.13%

1

1.72%

Mustelidae

1

0.13%

1

1.72%

Paguma larvata

1

0.13%

1

1.72%

Lepus sp.

3

0.40%

1

1.72%

Rodent

2

0.27%

2

3.45%

Carnivore

3

0.40%

1

1.72%

Total

752

100.00%

58

100.00%