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- Crested Porcupine in the Island of Elba, Italy:Native or Alien?
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Giuseppe Vecchio
1,
Francesca Coppola
2,
Daniele Scarselli
1,
Francesca Giannini
3,
Antonio Felicioli
2
Affiliations
1 Studio Agrofauna, Via dell'Artigianato, 53/55, Livorno, 57121, LI, IT
2 Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2, Pisa, 56124, PI, IT
3 Tuscan Archipelago National Park, Loc. Enfola, 57037 Portoferraio, LI, IT
1 Studio Agrofauna, Via dell'Artigianato, 53/55, Livorno, 57121, LI, IT
2 Department of Veterinary Science, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge, 2, Pisa, 56124, PI, IT
3 Tuscan Archipelago National Park, Loc. Enfola, 57037 Portoferraio, LI, IT
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 02 (2018), Pagination: 246-247Abstract
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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- Cohabitation of Settlements among Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata), Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and European Badger (Meles meles)
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1 Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124, Pisa, IT
2 Studio Agrofauna, Via dell’Artigianato 53/55, 57121, Livorno, IT
1 Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124, Pisa, IT
2 Studio Agrofauna, Via dell’Artigianato 53/55, 57121, Livorno, IT
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Current Science, Vol 119, No 5 (2020), Pagination: 817-822Abstract
In Italy, porcupines, badgers and red foxes share the same settlements. However, there is lack of information concerning their cohabitation. From 2012 to 2019, cohabitation by these three mammals was studied using camera-trapping and was found to occur only between porcupines and badgers, even in the presence of porcupettes. Cohabitation was associated with aggressive interaction between porcupines and badgers. Foxes were found to be scavengers of porcupine carcasses. Cohabitation among these semi-fossorial mammals and scavenging behaviour could play a role in disease transmission, including zoonotic diseases.Keywords
Burrowing Mammals, Camera-trapping, Cohabitation, Scavenging, Settlements.Full Text