Mammals

Mammiferi This section is dedicated to the Mammals (Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758) who are a class of vertebrates with a cosmopolitan spread characterized by breastfeeding of their offspring.
Within the currently living mammals class, about 5,500 species of very different sizes and shapes are classified.
Mammals have been able to colonize almost all terrestrial environments over the ages. We pass from ice caps to hot deserts.
Despite this remarkable morphological and environmental differentiation mammals have in common to be homeothermic or endothermic, from having viviparity (with the exception of the Monotremes, which are oviparous) and from having parental care which also includes breastfeeding of the offspring.
Mammals, in every environment, being heterotrophic organisms, play an important conjugated function with heterotrophs and their decrease can undermine the delicate balance of ecosystems.

Guido Bissanti

Mammals Animal species

Crocidura suaveolens

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Crocidura suaveolens The Lesser Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens Pallas, 1811) is a small mammal belonging to the Soricidae family. Systematic –

Mammals Animal species

Capreolus capreolus

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Capreolus capreolus The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, Linnaeus, 1758) is a hoofed mammal belonging to the Cervidae family. Systematic

Mammals Animal species

Nyctereutes procyonoides

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Nyctereutes procyonoides The Raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray, 1834) is a mammal belonging to the Canidae family. Systematic – From

Mammals Animal species

Rupicapra pyrenaica

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Rupicapra pyrenaica The Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica, Bonaparte 1845) is a mammal belonging to the Bovidae family. Systematic – From

Mammals Animal species

Rupicapra rupicapra

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Rupicapra rupicapra The Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra, Linnaeus 1758) is a mammal belonging to the Bovidae family. Systematic – From

Mammals Animal species

Barbastella barbastellus

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Barbastella barbastellus The western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus Schreber, 1774) is a bat belonging to the Vespertilionidae family. Systematic – From