Recent analyses of the Pleistocene mammal fauna and flora of the Istrian peninsula (Croatia)

Pleistocene mammal fauna and flora from the localities Pećina na Brehu (northern Istria) and Marlera I and II (southern Istria) have been presented. After faunal and floral assemblages, the climatic conditions were in the southern part of Istria (Marlera) favorable. In northern Istria the faunal complexes of Pećina na Brehu show very little differences in the taxonomic composition from Marlera. For example, the arvicolids from Marlera site indicate that the eastern Adriatic coast was refugium for these and other animals during the Upper Pleistocene glaciation.