%0 Journal Article
%T Review of the status of mammals in Bulgaria
%A Daniel Peshev
%J Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy
%D 1996
%I Associazione Teriologica Italiana
%R 10.4404/hystrix-8.1-2-4093
%X In the territory of Bulgaria are found 97 species of mammals, belonging to 8 orders. 37 of them are protected. 19 mammalian species are included in the Bulgarian Red Data Book. Two of them are extinct, 8 are endangered and 9 are rare. In Bulgaria there are no endemic mammals. Three species are extinct: Eliomys quercinus, Mustela lutreola and Lynx lynx. 5 species are introduced: Ondatra zibethica, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Cervus nippon, Cervus dama and Ovis ammon. The raccon dog (Nyctereustes procyonoides) appeared by natural colonisation.
%K Mammals
%K Introduction
%K Extinction
%U http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/article/view/4093