List of mammals in Sardinia

The Sardinian pika , a primitive hare- born from Sardinia , disappeared at the end of the 18th century.

This is a list of mammal species registered in Sardinia , Italy . In Sardinia, there are 58 species of mammals , of which 2 species are on the verge of extinction , 3 are threatened with extinction , 8 species are vulnerable and 6 species are close to vulnerable position. 5 of the species listed for Sardinia are considered extinct. ^[one]

The following tags are used to highlight the conservation status of each species as estimated by IUCN :

- extinct species in the wild
- extinct in the wild, whose representatives survived only in captivity
- endangered species (in critical condition)
- endangered species
- vulnerable species
- species close to vulnerable situations
- species at least risk
- species for which a threat assessment is lacking data

Content

Subclass: Beasts

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Rodents (rodents)

Sonya Polchok

European mouse

Suborder: Proteinaceous
- Family: Sonia (dormouse)
  - Subfamily: Myoxinae
    - Rod: Sony-Polchki
      - Sonya Polch , Glis glis LC
  - Subfamily: Leithiinae
    - Rod: Garden Dormouse
      - Garden Dormouse , Eliomys quercinus LC
Suborder: Mice
- Family: Hamsters (hamsters and voles)
  - Subfamily: Hamsters
    - † Genus: Tyrrhenicola
      - † Tyrrhenicola henseli EX
- Family: Mouse (mice and rats)
  - Subfamily: Mouse
    - Genus: Forest and field mice
      - European mouse , Apodemus sylvaticus LC
    - Genus: House Mice
      - House mouse , Mus musculus LC
    - Genus: Rats
      - Gray rat , Rattus norvegicus LC introduced
      - Black Rat , Rattus rattus LC introduced

Order: Hare ( Hare )

Wild rabbit

Family: Hare (rabbits, hares)
- Rod: Rabbits
  - Wild rabbit , Oryctolagus cuniculus NT introduced
- Genus: Hares
  - Cape Hare , Lepus capensis LC
Family: Pikuchovye (European pikucha)
- † Genus: Prolagus
  - † Sardinian Pika , Prolagus sardus EX

Order: Insectivores

Common hedgehog

North african shrew

Suborder: Hedgehogs
- Family: Hedgehogs
  - Subfamily: Real Hedgehogs
    - Genus: Eurasian Hedgehogs
      - European Hedgehog , Erinaceus europaeus LC
Suborder: Shrew
- Family: Shrews (shrews)
  - Subfamily: White-toothed
    - Genus: Shrew
      - Crocidura ichnusae DD
    - Gender: Tooth
      - Dwarf Tooth , Suncus etruscus LC
  - Subfamily: Shrew
    - † Genus: Nesiotites
      - † Nesiotites similis EX

Order: Bats (bats)

Family: Smooth-bats (Long-bats)
- Subfamily: Miniopterinae
  - Genus: Longwing
    - Common Long-winged , Miniopterus schreibersii NT
Family: Bulldog bats (tailless bats)
- Subfamily: Molossinae
  - Gender: Folded Lips
    - Wide-Eared Folded Lip , Tadarida teniotis LC
Family: Horseshoe bats (horseshoe bats)
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
  - Genus: Horseshoes
    - Southern Horseshoe Rhinolophus euryale VU
    - Great Horseshoe Rhinolophus ferrumequinum NT
    - Small horseshoe , Rhinolophus hipposideros NT
    - Megeli Horseshoe , Rhinolophus mehelyi VU
Family: Smooth-nosed bats
- Subfamily: Myotinae
  - Rod: Night
    - Italian night light , Myotis capaccinii VU
    - Watery Nightlight , Myotis daubentonii LC
    - Tricolor Nightlight , Myotis emarginatus LC
    - Myotis punicus nt
- Subfamily: Verpertilioninae
  - Rod: Shirokoshki
    - European shiroshushka , Barbastella barbastellus VU
  - Genus: Leather-like bat
    - Leather Bat , Hypsugo savii LC
  - Genus: Ushany
    - Brown Ear , Plecotus auritus LC
    - Ears of gray , Plecotus austriacus LC
    - Plecotus sardus , Plecotus sardus VU
  - Genus: Bat
    - Mediterranean Bat , Pipistrellus kuhlii LC
    - Forest Bat , Pipistrellus nathusii LC
    - Dwarf Bat , Pipistrellus pipistrellus LC

Order: Cetaceans (whales)

Suborder: Baleen Whales
- Family: Striped
  - Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
    - Genus: Stripes
      - Minke whale , Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
      - Finwal , Balaenoptera physalus VU
  - Subfamily: Megapterinae
    - Rod: Humpback Whales
      - Humpback Whale , Megaptera novaeangliae LC ^[2]
- Family: Smooth Whales
  - Genus: Southern Whales
    - Northern smooth whale , Eubalaena glacialis CR (possibly) ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Suborder: Toothed whales
- Family: Dolphins (dolphins and grinds)
  - Genus: Dolphins
    - Squirrel , Delphinus delphis EN
  - Genus: Bottlenose dolphins
    - Bottlenose dolphin , Tursiops truncatus vu
  - Genus: Prodelphins
    - Striped Dolphin , Stenella coeruleoalba VU
  - Genus: Coarse Tooth Dolphins
    - Coarse Dolphin Steno bredanensis LC
  - Genus: Gray Dolphins
    - Gray Dolphin , Grampus griseus DD
  - Genus: Grinds
    - Common Grinda , Globicephala melas DD
  - Genus: Orcas
    - Killer whale , Orcinus orca DD
- Family: Sperm whales (sperm whales)
  - Gender: Sperm Whales
    - Sperm Whale , Physeter macrocephalus EN
- Family: Beak-eared
  - Gender: Lanyards
    - Coggy Mothsaw , Mesoplodon densirostris DD
    - Atlantic Lancet , Mesoplodon bidens DD ^[6]
  - Genus: Beaks
    - Beak , Ziphius cavirostris DD

Order: Predatory (predators)

Pine marten

Red fox

Suborder: Feline
- Family: Feline (cats)
  - Gender: Cats
    - Steppe cat , Felis lybica LC
  - Genus: Lynx
    - Sardinian Lynx , Lynx lynx sardiniae EX ^[7]
Suborder: Dog
- Family: Canids (dogs, foxes, wolves)
  - † Genus: Sardinian Dholi
    - † Cynotherium sardous EX ^[8]
  - Gender: Foxes
    - Red fox , Vulpes vulpes LC
- Family: Kunyi (ferrets)
  - Genus: Martens
    - Marten , Martes martes LC
  - Genus: Ferrets
    - Common Weasel , Mustela nivalis LC
- Family: Real seals (seals)
  - Genus: Monk Seals
    - Monk seal , Monachus monachus CR (perhaps once extinct in Sardinia and later inhabited in the Gennargentu National Park) ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

Order: Artiodactyls (Artiodactyls).

Mouflon

Sardinian deer

Family: Pigs (pigs)
- Subfamily: Suinae
  - Genus: Boars
    - Boar , Sus scrofa LC
Family: Cattle (cattle, antelopes, sheep, goats)
- Subfamily: Goat
  - Genus: Rams
    - Mouflon , Ovis orientalis EN
Family: Reindeer (deer)
- Subfamily: Real deer
  - Genus: Deer
    - Red deer , Cervus elaphus corsicanus NT
  - Genus: Lani
    - Doe , Dama dama LC introduced

Notes

↑ Taxonomy and names of individual species are based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of July 17, 2018 and supplemented by general names and taxonomy from IUCN, where there was no Wikipedia article.
↑ Are humpback whales electing the Mediterranean Sea as new residence?
↑ COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis in Canada - 2013- Wildlife Species Description and Significance
↑ WhaleNet Information Archive 1997: Right whale sighting in the Mediterranean Sea (fwd) (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment July 17, 2018. Archived on March 5, 2016.
↑ Monsarrat S., Pennino GM, Smith DT, Reeves RR, Meynard NC, Kaplan MD, Rodrigues LSA Historical summer distribution of the endangered North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ): a hypothesis based on environmental preferences of a congeneric species ) // Diversity and Distributions : journal. - 2015. - Vol. 21 . - P. 925-937 . - DOI : 10.1111 / ddi.12314 .
↑ Rare sighting of white whale in Sardinia
↑ Wozencraft, WC (2005). "Order Carnivora." In Wilson, DE; Reeder, DM Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532-628
↑ Gippoliti, Spartaco & Amori, Giovanni (2006). "Ancient introductions of mammals in the Mediterranean Basin and their implications for conservation." Mammal Review 36 (1): 37-48.
↑ Monk Seal Fact Files - Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
↑ Matteo Razzanelli. Sardegna: rispunta la foca monaca (neopr.) . Ecoblog.it .
↑ Riavvistata la foca monaca in Sardegna (neopr.) . centrostudinatura.it .
↑ Gruppo d'Intervento Giuridico onlus (neopr.) . tiscali.it .

Links

Aulagnier S. et al. (2008). Guide des mammifères d'Europe, d'Afrique du Nord et de Moyen-Orient. Delachaux et Niestlé, Paris
Shirihai H. & Jarrett B. (2006). Whales, dolphins and seals: A field guide to the marine mammals of the world. A & C Black, London

[1] Taxonomy and names of individual species are based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of July 17, 2018 and supplemented by general names and taxonomy from IUCN, where there was no Wikipedia article.

[2] Are humpback whales electing the Mediterranean Sea as new residence?

[3] COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis in Canada - 2013- Wildlife Species Description and Significance

[4] WhaleNet Information Archive 1997: Right whale sighting in the Mediterranean Sea (fwd) (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment July 17, 2018. Archived on March 5, 2016.

[5] Monsarrat S., Pennino GM, Smith DT, Reeves RR, Meynard NC, Kaplan MD, Rodrigues LSA Historical summer distribution of the endangered North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ): a hypothesis based on environmental preferences of a congeneric species ) // Diversity and Distributions : journal. - 2015. - Vol. 21 . - P. 925-937 . - DOI : 10.1111 / ddi.12314 .

[6] Rare sighting of white whale in Sardinia

[7] Wozencraft, WC (2005). "Order Carnivora." In Wilson, DE; Reeder, DM Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532-628

[8] Gippoliti, Spartaco & Amori, Giovanni (2006). "Ancient introductions of mammals in the Mediterranean Basin and their implications for conservation." Mammal Review 36 (1): 37-48.

[9] Monk Seal Fact Files - Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

[10] Matteo Razzanelli. Sardegna: rispunta la foca monaca (neopr.) . Ecoblog.it .

[11] Riavvistata la foca monaca in Sardegna (neopr.) . centrostudinatura.it .

[12] Gruppo d'Intervento Giuridico onlus (neopr.) . tiscali.it .