Abstract: A mammalian fauna was found during the archaeological excavations of last two years at the Lingjing Palaeolithic site in Xuchang, Henan Province in northern China1 The identified carnivores, proboscidean and perissodactyls are as follow: Viverra cf. zibetha, Ursus sp., Pachycrocuta cf. sinensis, Palaeoloxodon sp., Coelodonta antiquitatis, Dicerorhinus mercki, Equus caballus and Equus hemionus. The present paper discusses the character and age of the fauna and shows that the Lingjing mammalian fauna belongs to the northern region. This regionπs ecological environment is mainly open grassland with some mosaic forests, and in the semi-humid to semi2arid continental monsoon climate with average temperatures slightly lower than that of today. Extinct taxa in the Lingjing fauna make up 44.4 % of the total taxa. The age of the fauna is close to that of Xujiayao and is estimated to date about 100 ka BP.

Key words: Mammalian fauna; Carnivora; Perissodactyla; Xuchang; Lingjing Palaeolithic site; Late Pleistocene