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EUROPEAN SNOW VOLE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PORTUGAL

EUROPEAN SNOW VOLE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PORTUGAL

A research team that includes CIBIO-InBIO researcher Joana Paupério has confirmed the first record of occurrence of European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) in Portugal. The findings of the study carried out at CITAB – Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, and CIBIO-InBIO, which were recently published by the Italian Journal of Zoology, have been extensively highlighted in various national media outlets. The distribution of the European snow vole is usually associated to mountain systems from Southern Europe to Turkmenistan. But now, the presence of the species in the Portuguese territory has been confirmed through the analysis of morphological, biometrics and genetic features of two individuals captured in the Montesinho Mountain range in the October 2014. The outcomes of the analyses carried out by the team of researchers revealed that the Portuguese specimens were related to the other Iberian groups.

 

According to Joana Paupério, this discovery is of great importance to the conservation of this rodent, since the Spanish populations of this animal are currently classified as nearly threatened. Moreover, this work stresses the need to perform accurate regional assessment and monitoring surveys of the distribution of these small mammals in order to ensure the preservation of the species.

 

To know more about this topic, please follow the links below:

 

Descoberta nova espécie de mamífero para Portugal” I Revista Wilder I 4 Nov, 2015 I (English version available)


Rato-das-neves: Descoberta nova espécie de mamífero em Portugal” I Campeão das Províncias I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


Há um novo mamífero em Portugal: o rato-das-neves” I TVI 24 I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


Descoberto novo mamífero em Portugal, o rato-das-neves” I SIC Notícias I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


Há um novo mamífero em Portugal: o rato-das-neves” I Diário de Notícias I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


Novo mamífero descoberto em Portugal” I Jornal de Notícias I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


Descoberto novo mamífero em Portugal, o rato-das-neves” I Notícias ao Minuto I 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)


"Há um novo mamífero em Portugal: o rato-das-neves" | Público – P3 | 6 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)

 

"O rato-das-neves também em vive em Portugal" I Público I 8 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)

 

"CIBIO identifica nova espécie de mamífero em Portugal" I Notícias UP I 10 Nov, 2015 (Information available in Portuguese)

 

[Please note that in some reports, CIBIO-InBIO is incorrectly refered to as being part of UTAD]

 

To read CITAB’s press release, please, click here. (Information available in Portuguese)

 

To read the original article published by the Italian Journal of Zoology, please, click here.

 

 

 

2015-11-08
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