Ecological effects and distribution of invasive non‐native mammals on the Canary Islands ...

• Main Authors: Nogales, M., Rodríguez‐Luengo, J. L., Marrero, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13441574; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13441574

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. The ecological effects and distribution of 13 invasive non-native mammal species on the Canary Islands are reviewed. 2. Six species, representing six different taxonomic orders, are widely distributed and live on all seven main islands of the Canarian Archipelago: Felis catus, Capra hircus, Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Mus domesticus and Oryctolagus cuniculus. Atelerix algirus is found on four islands while six further species are present on only one island: Crocidura russula, Suncus etruscus, Rousettus egyptiacus, Ovis gmelini, Ammotragus lervia and Atlantoxerus getulus. 3. Five species have an omnivorous diet, four are herbivorous, two insectivorous, one frugivorous and one carnivorous. The ecological effects and damage caused by these species in the natural habitats of the Canaries are similar to those in other insular regions. To our knowledge, the effects of two species, A. lervia (herbivorous) and A. getulus (omnivorous), are as yet ...