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Gaetano Aloise

  • 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, 3 (3): 191-200

    Arnold Sciberras, Jeffrey Sciberras, Michael Sammut & Gaetano Aloise
    A contribution to the knowledge of the terrestrial Mammalian fauna of Comino and its satellite islets (Maltese Archipelago)

    ABSTRACT
    The present work aims to contribute to existing knowledge on Mammalia species occurring on Comino and its satellite islets and to provide additional records collected between the years 1998-2012. At the present state of knowledge, on the islands of the Maltese Archipelago there are 19 different species of terrestrial mammals (Erinaceomorpha: Atelerix algirus. Soricomorpha: Suncus etruscus, Crocidura sicula. Chiroptera: Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, R. hipposideros, Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis punicus, Eptesicus serotinus, Nyctalus noctula, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, P. kulii, Plecotus austriacus, Tadarida teniotis. Lagomorpha: Orictolagus cuniculus. Rodentia: Apodemus sylvaticus, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Mus musculus. Carnivora: Mustela nivalis), more than half of which are bats. Out of 13 species listed here, 8 species are represented as new to the islands while 3 species are confirmed and 2 species are listed as unlikely occurring.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 2 (3): 145-148

    Gaetano Aloise, Alfred E. Baldacchino & Giovanni Amori
    Crocidura sicula Miller, 1900 (Mammalia, Soricidae): a possible new record from Comino island (Maltese Islands)

    ABSTRACT
    The presence of Crocidura sicula Miller, 1900 is reported for the first time from the Comino island. Two specimens were obtained from the analysis of Long-eared Owl Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) pellets.