description
Twenty-nine species of insectivores and rodents are known to occur in Central Dalmatia, southwestern Bosnia and western Herzegovina: Erinaceus concolor, Sorex minutus, S. araneus, S. alpinus, Neomys fodiens, N. anomalus, Suncus etruscus, Crocidura suaveolens, C. leucodon, Talpa europaea, Clethrionomys glareolus, Dinaromys bogdanovi, Arvicola terrestris, Pitymys subterraneus, P. liechtensteini, Chionomys nivalis, Microtus arvalis, Nannospalax monticola, Apodemus mystacinus, A. flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Mus domesticus, M. musculus, Glis glis, Elimys quercinus, Dryomys nitedula, and Muscardinus avellanarius. The distribution in the study area of each of these is discussed and mapped. Available ecological data are compiled and discussed. Zoogeographic relations are discussed. Special attention is paid to small mammal communities from karstic fields.