Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
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Publication year : 2012
Thematic : Species
Language : English
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The present work aims to contribute to existing knowledge on Mammalia species occurring
on Comino and its satellite islets and to provide additional records collected between the
years 1998-2012. At the present state of knowledge, on the islands of the Maltese Archipelago
there are 19 different species of terrestrial mammals (Erinaceomorpha: Atelerix algirus. Soricomorpha:
Suncus etruscus, Crocidura sicula. Chiroptera: Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, R.
hipposideros, Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis punicus, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula,
Pipistrellus pygmaeus, P. kulii, Plecotus austriacus, Tadarida teniotis. Lagomorpha: Orictolagus
cuniculus. Rodentia: Apodemus sylvaticus, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Mus musculus.
Carnivora: Mustela nivalis), more than half of which are bats. Out of 13 species listed here,
8 species are represented as new to the islands while 3 species are confirmed and 2 species
are listed as unlikely occurring.
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Keywords : aquaculture
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje