Check List 10(4): 718-723, doi: 10.15560/10.4.718
Theriofauna of Site of Community Importance Poggi di Prata (Grosseto, Central Italy): terrestrial mammals and preliminary data on Chiroptera
expand article infoEmiliano Mori‡, Mattia Menchetti§, Gianna Dondini|, Daniela Biosa, Simone Vergari|
‡ University of Turin, Italy§ University of Florence, Italy| Nature and Archaeological Center of Pistoia Apennine, Italy¶ University of Sassari, Italy

Corresponding author: Emiliano Mori ( moriemiliano@tiscali.it )

© 2017 Emiliano Mori, Mattia Menchetti, Gianna Dondini, Daniela Biosa, Simone Vergari.
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Citation: Mori E, Biosa D, Menchetti M, Dondini G, Vergari S (2014) Theriofauna of Site of Community Importance Poggi di Prata (Grosseto, Central Italy): terrestrial mammals and preliminary data on Chiroptera. Check List 10(4): 718-723. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.4.718
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Abstract
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.  
Keywords
Mammalia