Theriofauna of Site of Community Importance Poggi di Prata (Grosseto, Central Italy): terrestrial mammals and preliminary data on Chiroptera

• Published in: Check List
• Main Authors: Mori, Emiliano, Menchetti, Mattia, Dondini, Gianna, Biosa, Daniela, Vergari, Simone
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Mammalia; Canis lupus; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15560/10.4.718

Information about mammal species richness is scarce from the site Poggi di Prata (Central Italy). We performed a three-year survey with camera traps and spotlight surveys. Data on road kills and owl pellets were also collected. Bats were sampled through a bat acoustic detector, active search and occasional observations. A total of 33 native species were recorded, from seven orders: Erinaceomorpha (N = 1), Soricomorpha (N = 3), Rodentia (N = 7), Lagomorpha (N = 2), Chiroptera (N = 10), Carnivora (N = 8), Artiodactyla (N = 2). Five exotic species ( Dama dama , Myocastor coypus , Rattus rattus , R. norvegicus and Mus musculus ) are present, and an additional exotic, Sylvilagus floridanus , has been recorded in the 1990s, but never established. Rhinolophus hipposideros , is Endangered in Italy, R. euryale , R. ferrumequinum , Canis lupus and Capreolus c. italicus ) are Vulnerable, while Eptesicus serotinus and Plecotus auritus are Near Threatened. The presence of two Italian endemic taxa, Capreolus c. italicus and Lepus corsicanus , is noteworthy.