title

Ecological and faunal research of mammals in the Natural Reserve «Mykhailivska Tsilyna» (Sumy Region)

author(s)

Merzlikin, I.

affiliation

Sumy State Pedagogical University (Sumy, Ukraine)

bibliography

Proceedings of the Theriological School. 2014. Vol. 12: 26–37.

DOI

language

Ukrainian, with English summary, titles of tables, captures to figs

abstract

The list of mammals registered in the Mykhailivska Tsilyna includes 40 species of 17 families and 7 orders. In recent years 20 mammal species were constantly recorded there, 6 species periodically visit that area, and 2 synanthropic species inhabit Mykhailivska Tsilyna territory in a warm period. Twenty species of mammals reproducewithin the reserve: 4 Insectivora species, 1 Lagomorphaspecies(Lepus europaeus), 11 Rodentia species, 3 Carnivora species and 1 Artiodactyla species (Capreolus capreolus). At present, 14 species of small mammals inhabit the steppe reserve area. Some steppe species (Crocidura suaveolens, Spermophilus suslicus, Allactaga major, Cricetulus migratorius) are now extinct from the Mykhailivska Tsilyna territory. Among the species listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine, only Sicista severtzovi and Cricetus cricetus inhabit the territory of reserve.

keywords

Ukrainian Steppe Natural Reserve, Mykhailivska Tsilyna, fauna, mammals, steppe.

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