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The Pyrenean desman—an endangered insectivore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Walter Poduschka  and
Bernard Richard
Walter Poduschka
Affiliation:
Insectivore Research Center, Rettichgasse 12, 1140 Wien, Austria.
Bernard Richard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Souterrain, Moulis 09200, Saint Girons, France.
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The decline of the Pyrenean desman reflects the pollution, degradation and fragmentation of its mountain torrent habitat, but there are other threats too. In some areas of Spain that were once densely populated by desmans, escaped mink from fur farms have established and the desmans have disappeared. In October 1984 Walter Poduschka, Chairman of IUCN/SSC's Insectivore Specialist Group, and Bernard Richard, desman specialist, visited the Sierras north-west of Madrid to investigate the plight of the desman there. Their findings made them raise the matter at the SSC meeting in Madrid in 1984, and they urge that Spanish scientists study the animal and its problems before it is too late.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 230 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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