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The Italian wolf, which inhabits the Apennine Mountains and the Western Alps, features prominently in Latin and Italian cultures, such as in the legend of the founding of Rome. [1] It is the national animal of Italy. [2] [3] The fauna of Italy comprises all the animal species inhabiting the territory of the Italian Republic and its
Order: Rodentia (rodents) Alpine marmot. Common vole. Yellow-necked mouse. Eurasian harvest mouse. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Suborder: Hystricognathi.
The fauna−animals of Italy; Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Fauna of Sardinia (1 C, 31 P) ...
A broad view of the National Park of Abruzzo. The Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos, [3] formerly Ursus arctos marsicanus), also known as the Apennine brown bear, and orso bruno marsicano in Italian, is a critically endangered [4] population of the Eurasian brown bear, with a range restricted to the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, and the surrounding region in Italy.
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
The Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus[3][4] or Canis lupus lupus[5]), also known as the Apennine wolf, [6][7] is a subspecies of the grey wolf native to the Italian Peninsula. It inhabits the Apennine Mountains and the Western Alps, though it is undergoing expansion towards the north and east. As of 2022 the wolf population within Italy is ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Italy. The avifauna of Italy included a total of 577 species recorded in the wild by March 2024, according to Avibase. Of these species, 13 have been introduced by humans, one has been extirpated , and four others have not been recorded since before 1950.
Vipera (Rhinaspis) ammodytes – horned viper LC. Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis – asp viper LC. Vipera (Pelias) berus – European adder LC. Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii – Orsini's viper VU. Vipera walser - Walser's viper. Zamenis lineatus – Italian Aesculapian snake DD (endemic to Italy) Zamenis longissimus – Aesculapian snake LC.