Status and distribution of mammals in the Netherlands since 1800
<strong>Abstract</strong> The recent and historical status and distribution of 64 Dutch wild mammals are described. In the last two centuries there have been a lot of changes in this field. Some species are increasing, but others are decreasing. Greater horseshoe bat &am...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associazione Teriologica Italiana
1996-12-01
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| Series: | Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4098 |
| Summary: | <strong>Abstract</strong> The recent and historical status and distribution of 64 Dutch wild mammals are described. In the last two centuries there have been a lot of changes in this field. Some species are increasing, but others are decreasing. Greater horseshoe bat <em>Rhinolophus ferrumequinum</em> (in 1984), lesser horseshoe bat <em>Rh. hipposideros</em> (in 1983), wolf <em>Canis lupus</em> (in 1869), otter (in 1988, but a very small number of solitary individuals is still present) and Eurasian beaver (in 1826, but reintroduced in 1988) got extinct. |
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| ISSN: | 0394-1914 1825-5272 |