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Crested Porcupine in the Island of Elba, Italy:Native or Alien?


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1 Studio Agrofauna, Via dell'Artigianato, 53/55, Livorno, 57121, LI, Italy
2 Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2, Pisa, 56124, PI, Italy
3 Tuscan Archipelago National Park, Loc. Enfola, 57037 Portoferraio, LI, Italy
 

The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758) is the largest rodent among the Italian fauna. It is nocturnal, monogamous, herbivorous and lives in burrows that could be self made as well as made by other mammals such as fox (Vulpes vulpes) and badger (Meles meles). It exhibits moonlight avoidance and male performs parental care. In Europe, distribution of the species is limited to Italy, although the presence of porcupine in Balkans is still debated.

Outside Europe crested porcupine distribution includes parts of northwestern Africa from Morocco to Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa from Gambia to Tanzania.


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Authors

Giuseppe Vecchio
Studio Agrofauna, Via dell'Artigianato, 53/55, Livorno, 57121, LI, Italy
Francesca Coppola
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2, Pisa, 56124, PI, Italy
Daniele Scarselli
Studio Agrofauna, Via dell'Artigianato, 53/55, Livorno, 57121, LI, Italy
Francesca Giannini
Tuscan Archipelago National Park, Loc. Enfola, 57037 Portoferraio, LI, Italy
Antonio Felicioli
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2, Pisa, 56124, PI, Italy

Abstract


The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata L., 1758) is the largest rodent among the Italian fauna. It is nocturnal, monogamous, herbivorous and lives in burrows that could be self made as well as made by other mammals such as fox (Vulpes vulpes) and badger (Meles meles). It exhibits moonlight avoidance and male performs parental care. In Europe, distribution of the species is limited to Italy, although the presence of porcupine in Balkans is still debated.

Outside Europe crested porcupine distribution includes parts of northwestern Africa from Morocco to Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa from Gambia to Tanzania.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi02%2F246-247