| Abstract | Checklists represent a basic tool for conservation and management of regional faunas. However, our knowledge on species composition in a territory changes over time due to species movements across borders, extinctions, introductions, as well as to new taxonomic evidence. We aimed to provide the most updated data on native and non-native species of mammals occurring, or that used to occur until recently, on the Italian political territory and seas. The checklist only includes species whose taxonomic status was explicitly agreed in the most recent peer-reviewed literature and based on the most updated taxonomic approaches. For each species, we provided the following information: scientific and common name, global and Italian range, relevant information for management and conservation (e.g. whether it is endemic, allochthonous, or listed in international regulations and red list assessments), as well as remarks on taxonomy and distribution. This new check list of Italian mammal fauna includes nine marine and 114 terrestrial species, belonging to seven orders (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Chiroptera, Carnivora, Cetartiodactyla, Rodentia, Lagomorpha), and 28 families. Vespertilionidae represents the richest family (n=27 species), followed by Cricetidae (n=12) and Soricidae (n=11). The list includes 15-16 allocthonous species. Considering the relative small size of the country, Italy is confirmed as a hotspot of mammal diversity in Europe, hosting the highest species richness in relation to the total area. |
| Authors | Anna Loy, Gaetano Aloise, Leonardo Ancillotto, Francesco Maria Angelici, Sandro Bertolino, Dario Capizzi, Riccardo Castiglia, Paolo Colangelo, Longino Contoli, Bruno Cozzi, Diego Fontaneto, Luca Lapini, Nicola Maio, Andrea Monaco, Emiliano Mori, Armando Nappi, Michela Podestà, Danilo Russo, Maurizio Sarà, Massimo Scandura, Giovanni Amori |
| Text | 411015 2019 10.4404/hystrix 00196 2019 distribution Italy checklist mammals allochthonous endemism Mammals of Italy an annotated checklist Anna Loy, Gaetano Aloise, Leonardo Ancillotto, Francesco Maria Angelici, Sandro Bertolino, Dario Capizzi, Riccardo Castiglia, Paolo Colangelo, Longino Contoli, Bruno Cozzi, Diego Fontaneto, Luca Lapini, Nicola Maio, Andrea Monaco, Emiliano Mori, Armando Nappi, Michela Podesta, Danilo Russo, Maurizio Sara, Massimo Scandura, Giovanni Amori 1 Envix Lab., Dept, Biosciences and Territory, Universita degli Studi del Molise, Pesche, Italy 2 Museo Storia Naturale e Orto Botanico, Universita della Calabria, Rende, Italy 3 Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di Agraria, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy 4 FIZV, Via Marco Aurelio 2, Roma, Italy 5 Dept. Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Italy 6 Dir. Environment and Natural Systems, Lazio Regional Government, Rome, Italy 7 Dept. Biology and Biotechnologies Charles Darwin , Sapienza Universita degli Studi di Roma, Roma, Italy 8 Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, Via Salaria km 29.300, Monterotondo, Italy 9 Via Arno 38, Rome, Italy 10 Dept. Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnago, Italy 11 Water Research Institute, National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy 12 Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale, Udine, Italy 13 Dept. Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy 14 Dip. Scienze della Vita, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy 15 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Morbegno, Italy 16 Museum of Natural History of Milan, Milano, Italy 17 Dept STEBICEF Section Animal Biology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy 18 Dept. Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy Checklists represent a basic tool for conservation and management of regional faunas. However, our knowledge on species composition in a territory changes over time due to species movements across borders, extinctions, introductions, as well as to new taxonomic evidence. We aimed to provide the most updated data on native and non native species of mammals occurring, or that used to occur until recently, on the Italian political territory and seas. The checklist only includes species whose taxonomic status was explicitly agreed in the most recent peer reviewed literature and based on the most updated taxonomic approaches. For each species, we provided the following information scientific and common name, global and Italian range, relevant information for management and conservation e.g. whether it is endemic, allochthonous, or listed in international regulations and red list assessments , as well as remarks on taxonomy and distribution. This new check list of Italian mammal fauna includes nine marine and 114 terrestrial species, belonging to seven orders Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Chiroptera, Carnivora, Cetartiodactyla, Rodentia, Lagomorpha , and 28 families. Vespertilionidae represents the richest family n=27 species , followed by Cricetidae n=12 and Soricidae n=11 . The list includes 15 16 allocthonous species. Considering the relative small size of the country, Italy is confirmed as a hotspot of mammal diversity in Europe, hosting the highest species richness in relation to the total area. 30 Published version http //www.italian journal of mammalogy.it/Mammals of Italy an annotated checklist,111473,0,2.html loy 2020_Hystrrix_Loy et al EV.pdf Articolo in rivista Associazione teriologica romana 1825 5272 Hystrix Online Hystrix Online Hystrix Online Hystrix. Online paolo.colangelo COLANGELO PAOLO giovanni.amori AMORI GIOVANNI diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO emiliano.mori MORI EMILIANO |
