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Armando Nappi

  • Biodiversity Journal, 9 (4): 441-446

    Armando Nappi, Maurizio Fusari, David Fiacchini, Riccardo Castiglia, Giovanni Amori & Flavia Annesi
    About the presence of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia Rodentia Muridae) in a rocky habitat in the central Apennines (Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2018.9.4.441.446

    ABSTRACT
    In this paper, some data about the presence of Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia Rodentia Muridae) in rocky environments of the National Park of the Sibillini Mountains are provided. Considering the available data on the distribution of A. sylvaticus in Italy, this appears to be an unusual finding, which can be explained considering the strong reduction that the preferred environment by this species, the wooded areas, has suffered in the past by man and possible competitions with other forest rodents.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 6 (1): 007-010

    Armando Nappi & Gaetano Aloise
    About the presence of the snow vole, Chionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842), in Calabria, Southern Italy (Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae): data review and critical considerations

    ABSTRACT
    The presence of Chionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842) (Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae) in Calabria, the southern tip of the Italian peninsula, is reported in different literature sources, but the only Calabrian specimen, from Lago Cecita, Cosenza district, is preserved into Museo Zoologico “La Specola”, Firenze. A recent examination of this specimen, moreover, has shown that it is an Arvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) juvenile. The distribution of C. nivalis along the Apennines, requires adequate insights and critical reviews.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 12 (1): 0201-0204

    Armando Nappi, Cristina Cattaneo & Mauro Grano
    A new mammal species from Kasos Island (Dodecanese, Greece): Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia Soricomorpha Soricidae)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.1.201.204

    ABSTRACT
    The presence of Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia Soricomorpha Soricidae) is reported for the first time on the island of Kasos (Aegean Sea). The distribution of shrews on the islands raises interesting biogeographical questions. On the basis of a recent research carried out by analysing mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, around the Mediterranean basin, the insular occurrence of C. suaveolens is a result of Pleistocene survivors as well as human introductions.