@article{fdi:010087793,
  title = {{T}he diet of commensal {C}rocidura olivieri ({S}oricomorpha : {S}oricidae) : predation on co-existing invasive {M}us musculus suggested by {DNA} metabarcoding data},
  author = {{G}alan, {M}. and {B}ordes, {A}. and {G}authier, {P}hilippe and {K}ane, {M}. and {N}iang, {Y}. and {P}ierre, and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}rocidura olivieri is a large-sized shrew species showing a clear trend towards commensalism in {W}est {A}frica, where it co-occurs and interacts with a number of rodent species in indoor small mammal communities. {A}mong the rodents present is the house mouse {M}us musculus, a major invasive species worldwide. {W}e here test the hypothesis that {M}. musculus could be part of the diet of {C}. olivieri in a number of localities of {S}enegal where the two species are known to coexist. {W}e use a metabarcoding approach based on the high-throughput sequencing of a 133 bp fragment of the {COI} gene, on {DNA} extracted from digestive tracts and faeces of a sample of 108 shrews. {B}eside insects of various groups (ants, beetles and cockroaches especially) representing usual items of shrew's diet, and traces of domestic mammals and poultry that were probably scavenged, several species of rodents were evidenced. {A}mong them, {M}. musculus was by far the best represented species, found in 17 of the 54 shrews where at least one prey taxon was identified. {T}his finding tends to confirm the potential role of {C}. olivieri as predator of house mice, while highlighting the capacity of this species to adapt its diet to environmental conditions.},
  keywords = {{A}frican {G}iant {W}hite-toothed {S}hrew ; commensalism ; house mouse ; predation ; small mammal communities ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}ammalia},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[9 p.]},
  ISSN = {0025-1461},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1515/mammalia-2023-0021},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010087793},
}