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Mammals from Mediterranean islands 3

Table 1 Mammal species found on Mediterranean islands (from Sarà, 1998) with maximum density and body
mass on mainland (see references)

Mammal species Surface Distance Maximum density Body mass (g) Reference
–2
(km ) (km) (individuals km )
2
Acomys minous 8300 100 140 40 Kronfeld et al., 1994
Apodemus flavicollis 600 3 1100 36 Trilar, 1990
Apodemus sylvaticus 6 8 3160 33 Canova et al., 1991
Atelerix algirus 16 260 700
Canis aureus 600 3 0.258 12500 Damuth, 1987
Capra aegrarus 10 64 5 55000 Hodges (1991);
Toschi, 1965
Cervus elaphus 24100 225 5.48 175000 Damuth, 1987
Crocidura russula 50 1 10000 11 Churchfield, 1990
Crocidura sicula 6 15 6.9
Crocidura suaveolens 12 2.5 167 4 Canova et al., 1991
Dama dama 200 10 18 70000 Focardi & Toso, 1991
Eliomys quercinus 16 5 494 82 Bertolino et al., 2001
Erinaceus europaeus 50 1 800 805 Southern, 1979
Felis silvestris 3600 190 0.7 4380 Schauenberg, 1981
Genetta genetta 16 260 300 2000 Desmet & Hamdine,
1988
Hystrix cristata 200 10 20 15000 Sarà, personal
observation
Lepus capensis 600 3 660 3030 Southern, 1979
Lepus corsicanus 8700 80 100 3000 Lo Valvo et al., 1999
Lepus europaeus 200 10 115 4175 Verdone et al., 1991
Lepus granatensis 360 190
Lutra lutra 600 3 0.14 10.5 Prigioni, 1995
Martes foina 600 3 1.25 1700 Posillico et al., 1995
Martes martes 200 10 1.25 2500 Di Vittorio et al., (1998).
Microtus savii 25700 3 12700 25 Salvioni, 1986
Meles meles 1400 16 2.82 10900 Damuth, 1987
Mus domesticus 0.004 2.9 1111 7.3 Orsini et al., 1982
Mus spretus 500 90 1300 7.3 Orsini et al., 1982
Muscardinus avellanarius 600 3 380 27.5 Juskaitis, 1995
Mustela nivalis 50 1 100 137 Southern, 1979
Myoxus glis 27 42 360 125 Pilastro et al., 1994
Oryctolagus cuniculus 0.003 0.6 15000 1800 Southern, 1979
Ovis orientalis 12 33 15 55000 Hodges (1991);
Toschi, 1965
Rattus norvegicus 1 28 500
Rattus rattus 0.003 0.02 3650 122 Damuth, 1987
Suncus etruscus 6 15 2
Sus scrofa 12 33 2.84 55300 Damuth, 1987
Vulpes vulpes 600 3 8.3 5440 Bonacoscia et al., 1997

entropy of a system. We used the software devel- According to Patterson & Atmar (2000), within
oped by Atmar & Patterson (1995) that allows ‘a perfectly nested matrix, the set of species on
the measurement of the ‘temperature’ of a pres- any island will be included as a subset of the
ence/absence matrix of species on different species on all islands that precede it in the matrix’.
islands. The line that separates the occupied area of the
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