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Natural and anthropochorous squirrels and dormice of the Mediterranean Region

Marco Masseti

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy · 2005

doi:10.4404/hystrix-16.1-4339 (opens in a new tab)

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Abstract

<strong>Abstract</strong> In the Mediterranean Region, squirrels and dormice of natural and anthropochorous occurrence are today represented by 7 <em>taxa</em> on each. Palaeontological evidence suggests that Upper Pleistocene dispersal of the representatives of the Gliridae family seems to have occurred only on the islands of the western Mediterranean basin, whereas squirrels are not represented in insular environments. The former and present distribution of some of the extant species is discussed in the light of the human redefinition of the natural equilibrium which has been taking place since very ancient times. <strong>Riassunto</strong> <strong>Scoiattoli e ghiri a diffusione naturale ed antropocora della Regione Mediterranea</strong> Attualmente, nella Regione Mediterranea, gli scoiattoli ed i ghiri a diffusione naturale ed antropocora sono rappresentati rispettivamente da 7 <em>taxa</em>. Il dato paleontologico suggerisce che la distribuzione insulare dei Gliridi nel corso del Pleistocene superiore abbia interessato solo il Mediterraneo occidentale, mentre gli scoiattoli non sembrano essere stati rappresentati in nessuno degli ambienti insulari. Si discute la diffusione passata e presente di alcune delle specie attuali nell'ottica della plurimillenaria ridefinizione antropica degli equilibri naturali dell'area mediterranea.

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